title: Twelve essential tools for living the life of whole person health care.
abstract: The integration of body, mind, and spirit has become a key dimension of health education and disease prevention and treatment; however, our health care system remains primarily disease centered. Finding simple steps to help each of us find our own balance can improve our lives, our work, and our relationships. On the basis of interviews with health care experts at the leading edge of the new model of medicine, this article identifies simple tools to improve the health of patients and caregivers.
authors.affiliation: Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Senior Scientist at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. mjmschlitz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlitz
authors.affiliation: Research Assistant in Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, CA. elizabeth@surewest.net.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valentina
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D018802:Patient-Centered Care