title: [Personalized holistic approach to a patient with mixed leg ulcer].
abstract: Holistic approach as the philosophical orientation to care underpins the fundamental wholeness of human being and emphasizes the importance of balance within the person and between the person and his/her environment. It includes elements of the physiological, sociological, economic, psychological and spiritual dimensions, and thus providesan opportunity to assess the patient as a whole and in relation to his/ her living context. Such an integrated approach is part of the basic knowledge and skills of general practitioners/family doctors and makes them equal members of a multidisciplinary team in chronic wound patient care. In this case report on a patient with mixed leg ulcer, we will try to bring closer holistic approach in care for this kind of patients in daily practice of general practitioners/family doctors.
authors.forename: Jadranka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kovacević
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sinozić
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male