The way a health care system integrates death is indicative of the degree of holism implemented in its principles. In the reductionist world view, death is the ultimate enemy, the annihilation of all that is
Multidisciplinary co-operation is the ideal expression of Medical Marriage, where doctors and complementary practitioners work together as a team, providing care, support, health and welfare for patients, practitioners and doctors alike. It is the best
First Do No Harm In disease care the least harmful intervention has to be provided first. Only if that fails to solve the problem are more invasive treatments justified. This means, in many cases, that
People have the right to take responsibility for their lives as much as they want to and they have the right to receive all the information they need in order to do that. They are
It would seem obvious, when looking at a model for a health care system, to consider health. However, medical training until now has tended to focus on pathologies and its treatments rather than on health.
Medical Marriage is the concept of an integrated health care system where doctors work hand in hand with practitioners of complementary therapies. Through the meeting of two very different paradigms - the so-called reductionist and
The Two Paradigms The reductionist paradigm, on which contemporary medical thinking has been based, is attributed to Newton and Descartes. Their contribution to civilisation has influenced the philosophy and science of the last three centuries
Editor's note: The following article by Carola Splettstoesser was previously published in One Earth Magazine Issue No. 21, Spring 1996. A spectacular, huge blue and white striped tent, the size and shape of the Universal
The Park Ecovillage Findhorn is ‘… operating at the interface between the complex ecological and social systems and the interior dimensions of human consciousness.’ May East The overarching topic 'The Park Ecovillage Findhorn' explores the
The concept ‘Ecovillage’ came into existence in 1991 in a sustainability report, “Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities: A Report for Gaia Trust” written by Diane and Robert Gilman for a Gaia Trust seminar in Denmark. By
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I first visited Findhorn in 1979 and came back regularly before buying my caravan when I retired in 2019. I worked as Director of an NHS Training School running a clinical and doctorate programme.
