title: The first international congress on whole person care--a report.
abstract: This report on the First International Congress on Whole Person Care, sponsored by McGill University, is based on the experiences of two attending authors who developed a poster of Integral Theory that emphasized the importance of taking multiple perspectives in all areas of human inquiry to allow a "big picture" perspective on medicine. Interiors (thoughts, intentions, will) of both physician and patient are as important as the exteriors (measurable parameters, such as lab results) which are often emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Retired Pediatric Ophthalmologist from the Riverside Medical Center in CA. gghuffaker@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huffaker
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of the Dalhousie University Department of Emergency Medicine, and Chief of the Capital District Health Authority network of Emergency Departments in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. david.petrie@dal.ca.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.affiliation: Adjunct Professor at Maryland University of Integrative Health in Laurel. He practices homeopathy, nutritional medicine, and Integral Coaching at Integrative Homeopathic Medicine in Berkeley, CA. drkreisberg@teleosis.org.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreisberg
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D064866:Mindfulness; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012106:Research