"Holistic Nursing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A philosophy of nursing practice that takes into account total patient care, considering the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs of patients, their response to their illnesses, and the effect of illness on patients' abilities to meet self-care needs. (From Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed, p745)
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D018939
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.313 K01.752.712.708 N02.421.533.282
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Holistic Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluating the WEB training program for cancer screening in Native American women. Holist Nurs Pract. 2003 Sep-Oct; 17(5):262-75.