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HOLISTIC MEDICINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

Holistic medicine refers to alternative health practices which claim to treat "the whole person." To holistic practioners, a person is not just a body with physical parts and systems, but is a spiritual being as well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Médecine qui s'intéresse à son objet comme constituant un tout (globaliste).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
DEF

Tratamiento alternativo que consiste en el estudio de todas los dimensiones de la salud de una persona, tales como el tratamiento médico, emocional y espiritual del paciente y no sólo su enfermedad.

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