Gordon J S
West J Med. 1982 Jun;136(6):546-51.
Holistic medicine is an attitudinal approach to health care rather than a particular set of techniques. It addresses the psychological, familial, societal, ethical and spiritual as well as biological dimensions of health and illness. The holistic approach emphasizes the uniqueness of each patient, the mutuality of the doctor-patient relationship, each person's responsibility for his or her own health care and society's responsibility for the promotion of health. As holism has become an increasingly popular concept, it has been distorted by both proponents and critics. Tendencies to equate holism with particular therapeutic modalities, to neglect public health for a one-sided emphasis on individual responsibility and to reject rather than elaborate on the scientific method have hampered the movement's progress. In the future orthodox and alternative approaches and techniques must all be seen as complementary parts of a larger synthesis that will genuinely deserve the name of holism.
整体医学是一种对待医疗保健的态度，而非一套特定的技术。它涉及健康与疾病的心理、家庭、社会、伦理、精神以及生物学层面。整体医学方法强调每位患者的独特性、医患关系的相互性、每个人对自身医疗保健的责任以及社会对促进健康的责任。随着整体论已成为一个日益流行的概念，它被支持者和批评者双方都曲解了。将整体论等同于特定治疗方式、片面强调个人责任而忽视公共卫生以及拒绝而非阐释科学方法的倾向，阻碍了该运动的发展。未来，正统方法与替代方法及技术都必须被视为一个更宏大综合体系的互补部分，这个综合体系才真正配得上整体论之名。
