Holistic Approaches to Healthcare

This report discusses the use and application of two holistic approaches in healthcare: chemotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy. It covers the benefits, limitations, working protocol, integration with healthcare settings, and legal and ethical considerations. The report emphasizes the importance of holistic approaches in providing optimum healthcare.

Holistic Approaches to
Healthcare
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Chemotherapy..................................................................................................................................3
Discussion about the therapy/treatment.......................................................................................3
Area of healthcare related to mentioned therapy.........................................................................4
Benefits of therapy and concept of holism..................................................................................4
Description of the associated risks and contradictions................................................................5
Legal and ethical considerations require to consider for effective application...........................6
Description of the brief working protocol...................................................................................6
Demonstration of clear understanding of health advice, health promotion and health care
practice within an integrated health care provision.....................................................................6
Critical discussion of the links between the individual experience of health and health issues,
within the context of integrated healthcare..................................................................................7
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.......................................................................................................7
Discussion about the therapy/treatment.......................................................................................7
Area of healthcare related to mentioned therapy.........................................................................8
Benefits of therapy and concept of holism..................................................................................8
Description of the associated risks and contradictions................................................................8
Legal and ethical considerations require to considered for effective application........................8
Description of the brief working protocol...................................................................................9
Demonstration of clear understanding of health advice, health promotion and health care
practice within an integrated health care provision.....................................................................9
Critical discussion of the links between the individual experience of health and health issues,
within the context of integrated healthcare..................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Healthcare refers as the area of such services which are working in the direction of
safeguarding health of all different individuals lived in a society or nation. The presence of these
services in qualitative nature is must towards providence of optimum healthcare and safety. It is
must for the professionals to use the advanced and holistic approaches in the treatment of
patients. The holistic approach includes the medication on the basis of all aspects associated with
patient i.e. symptoms of main disease, mental condition and physical appearance. The
importance of this approach will be ascertained as aid in faster recovery along with reduction in
the amount of side-effects (Aydin and Karamehmet, 2017).
The current report also based upon the same point where discussion is going to be provide
regarding use and application of two holistic approaches to treat specific area of health. Here,
covers about the use of Chemotherapy to treat cancer patients and Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy to treat patients with depression and different kind of mental disorders. There further
analysis is based upon the various points such as benefits, limitations, working protocol,
integrating benefits with healthcare setting and legal & ethical considerations to working upon
same.
Chemotherapy
Discussion about the therapy/treatment
Chemotherapy is a forceful type of synthetic medication treatment intended to crush
quickly developing cells in the body. It's typically used to treat cancer because cancer cells
develop and isolate quicker than different cells. A specialist who spends significant time in
cancer treatment is known as an oncologist. They'll work with the patient to devise effective
treatment plan. This is frequently utilized in blend with different treatments, for example,
medical procedure, radiation, or hormone treatment. This normally relies upon different
viewpoints, for example, the stage and sort of cancer quiet having by a patient and strength of an
individual patient, past disease medications had by a patient, the area of the cancer cells and
individual treatment inclination of a patient (Chemotherapy, 2020).
It's viewed as a fundamental treatment, which implies it influences the whole body. While
chemotherapy has been demonstrated to successfully lashing cancer cells, it can cause creation of
genuine negative symptoms that can seriously affect the level of personal satisfaction. A patient
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ought to gauge these reactions against the danger of not getting treatment when choosing if
chemotherapy is correct or not (De la Porte, 2016).
Area of healthcare related to mentioned therapy
The specific area which is treated by the professionals through the use of this theory
known as disease of cancer. This is the group of diseases that involves abnormal growth of cell
with the potential to invade or spread in the other parts of body. There are various types of
cancer and simultaneously have different negative actions over the body and its functioning. This
is the reason that different treatments are provided according to the need and requirement.
Accordingly, the use of Chemotherapy is also limited to performance of specific tasks and
removal of specific issues related to cancer. The detailed information in relation to this is
provided below:
Chemotherapy is principally used to bring down the complete number of cancer cells in
body, lessen the probability of disease spreading, shrivel tumour size and decrease current nature
of side effects. In any situation, if, the patient has experienced medical procedure to expel a
destructive tumour, for example, a lumpectomy for breast cancer, then in this circumstance
oncologist may prescribe that have chemotherapy to guarantee that any waiting cancer cells are
killed also (Djitog, Aliyu and Traoré, 2018). Chemotherapy is likewise used to set up a patient
for different medications. It could be utilized to contract a tumour so it tends to be carefully
expelled or to get ready for radiation treatment. On account, generally at the last stage of cancer,
chemotherapy may help to diminish the pain. Other than treatment for cancer, chemotherapy
might be utilized to get ready individuals with bone marrow infections for a bone marrow
undifferentiated organism treatment and it might be utilized for safe framework issue. Dosages
much lower than those used to treat malignancy can be utilized to help issue in which the body's
resistant framework attacks sound cells, similar to lupus or rheumatoid joint pain.
Benefits of therapy and concept of holism
Chemotherapy associated with large number of benefits. The success rate with chemo is
higher than the surgeries. Surgery is the last option when nothing will work or sometime depends
over the situation and treatment requirement (Ellis and Alexander, 2016). The different number
of other associated benefits with chemotherapy are further defined below;
This help in division of cell and target over the food source of cancer cells. This also
triggered apoptosis. It further used by the professionals to shrink the size of tumour before to the
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surgery and removing of the any cancer cells that remain after the surgery along with prevention
from their recurrence. In the situation, when not possible to recover then this will be used
regarding slowing down the progression of disease and reduction of the symptoms in later stage.
The one of the biggest benefit associated with the use of this therapy is in the early stage of
cancer where it helps in its complete cure.
The approach of holism has large number of benefits in providence of better care because
this will provide opportunity in treatment after considering all the associated factors with a
patient i.e. actual symptoms of disease, mental condition and physical appearance. Integrated
consideration of all these aspects help the professional in understand the way of treatment along
with dosage of medication so maximum output can be attained at the point of less negative
impact upon body (Fiandaca and et. al., 2017).
Description of the associated risks and contradictions
There are large number of risks are associated with the use of chemotherapy in the
treatment of cancer patient. All these different risks are present in the form of side-effects where
it the harms patient body on the basis of its nature and type. All the various side-effects
associated with chemotherapy are defined below:
Chemotherapy designed to kill cells that divide in quick manner. The cancer is also
having the same kind of cells but the impact of therapy also ascertained over different cells of
body where they simultaneously start divide quickly. Here, the cells which are divide are belongs
from the following area of body i.e. blood, hair, skin and lining of intestinal tract. This would be
the common reason that resultant into the creation of different side-effects such as fertility
changes, sexual changes, insomnia, nail changes, skin changes, concentration problems, memory
problems, lymphedema, neuropathy, constipation, anaemia, infections, pain from nerve damage,
weight loss, vomiting, nausea, a loss of appetite, hair loss, a fever, fatigue, mouth sores, dry
mouth, diarrhoea and easy bruising and excessive bleeding (Hussey and Kennedy, 2016).
The medical professionals take the many steps for managing the side-effects through use
of medication and bring changing in the lifestyle of a patient. Most the side-effects of
chemotherapy are gone after completion of the treatment. Still there is risk of long lasting impact
over body on the basis chemotherapy used. All these side-effects also have the power to further
damage the patient heart, lungs, nerves, kidneys and reproductive organs. There is also the
possibility regarding the creation of second cancer as a result of chemotherapy. So, it is
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important to ask the medical professional about the risks before getting use for treatment (Itharat
and et. al., 2017).
Legal and ethical considerations require to consider for effective application
In the legal considerations, a professional must adhere the all legislations formulated by
government for the safety of patient & other staff, to provide direction to the operations and
performance of functionalities within assigned authorities. For ex., adhering the governing
regulations of Health and Safety Act 2010 in protection of the health of patient and other staff
members. Here, they must have to adhere the industry standards and care setting policies during
the performance of work.
While talking about the ethical considerations, professional must work in the benefit of
patient and never try to provide the wrong decisions or advises. Also, before doing any kind of
treatment, properly explained the all aspects to a patient and took the prior permission. Any of
the direction choose by professional must needed to be ethically and morally correct (Livingston
and Collette-Merrill, 2018).
Description of the brief working protocol
Before to start treatment, must for expert to recommend the patient to experience a
progression of tests to discover that solid enough for chemotherapy. This will incorporate
assessments of your heart and blood tests to decide the strength of your liver. These tests further
assistance the specialist in choosing which sorts of chemotherapy to use in your treatment.
Specialist may likewise prescribe to a patient about a visit to dental specialist before starting
treatment. As chemotherapy influences the patient body's capacity to restore so any
contamination in gums or teeth might spread all through your body. Further, it is the obligation
of specialist to introduce a portif while getting chemotherapy through an intravenous (IV) line. A
port is a gadget that is embedded in body, regularly in chest close to shoulder. This takes into
consideration simpler access to veins and is less excruciating. During every treatment, the IV
will be embedded into your port.
Demonstration of clear understanding of health advice, health promotion and health care practice
within an integrated health care provision
This is about the understanding of the concept that how important is it to focus over good
health advice, health promotion and health care practice within the health care provision.
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Whenever, the patient reaches to the care setting wants to get the maximum output from the
professional’s side so can be recovered as early as possible along with ascertaining the advice as
motivation that help to go in right direction only. The benefit of this will be get by the person in
future where it helps to have the healthy lifestyle and the strengthened core body structure that
never fell ill easily. This would be the reason that good integration of services with care settings
is important for delivering successful functions within the society (McColl-Kennedy and et. al.,
2017).
Critical discussion of the links between the individual experience of health and health issues,
within the context of integrated healthcare
Currently, the experience of individuals is not good regarding the attainment of effective
integrated healthcare services within the care settings. The individuals have the perception that
holistic approach is not followed within the provisions where they just provide medication on the
basis of symptoms by disregarding the other factors like mental and physical health. This
resultant into the large number of side-effects and low recover rate. Also, they not focused over
the advice regarding the development of health and improvement of lifestyle so the person is
able to remove the core cause. This resultant into the temporary recovery of the person from the
particular issue on the basis of medication that will must arise in future while continuing follow
same lifestyle.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Discussion about the therapy/treatment
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy introduces as a short term therapy method that can support
people analysis innovative ways to behave or reflect by changing their thinking patterns.
Engaging with such type of therapy can support people to decrease stress level, deal with
difficult relationship, cope with heartache, and face different number of other common
challenges that are associated with life. In addition, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy refers as a
form of psychotherapeutic treatment that supports people to learn about how to determine and
change disturbing or destructive thinking patterns that have bad effects on their emotions and
behaviour. Therefore, it is talking therapy or treatment that is beneficial and useful for people to
manage their issues by changing the thinking way and behaviour also (Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy, 2020).
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Area of healthcare related to mentioned therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can be used as a short term therapy cantered on supporting
an individual person with a very particular disorder or situations. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
is used to treat a different number of conditions which are phobias, Addictions, Anxiety,
depression, eating disorder, personality disorders, sleep disorders, Bipolar disorder, Panic attacks
and Anger issues. All these are considering major areas of health care that are treated with the
use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in effective and systematic manner (Morshed and et. al.,
2017).
Benefits of therapy and concept of holism
One of the main benefit of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is it identify negative thoughts
of people. It is essential to learn how situations, feelings and thoughts can play an important role
in maladaptive behaviours. The process can be not easy, particularly for an individual person
who face issues of introspection, but it can eventually lead to self-discovery as well as insights
that are a significant part of the therapy process. Another benefit of such therapy is it overcome
or reduces emotional trauma related to violence or abuse.
Holism refers to an effective approach of understanding the human behaviour and minds
that emphasis on looking at things as an entire.
Description of the associated risks and contradictions
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy does not tend to emphasis on original unconscious
resistances to modify to the extent that other approaches like psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It is
frequently best-suited for people who are more relaxing with a structured as well as focused
approach within which the therapist repeatedly takes an instructional role. Another risks and
contradictions that are associated with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy such as some patients put
forward that at the same time as they know that certain feelings are not healthy or rational,
basically becoming conscious of these feelings does not creates it simple to alter them
(Mountford and Kessie, 2017).
Legal and ethical considerations require to considered for effective application
This is about following the administering guidelines of Health and Safety Act 2010 in
assurance of the soundness of patient and other staff individuals. Here, they should need to
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follow the business measures and care setting strategies during the presentation of work. This
also includes the adoption of direction by professional that are ethically and morally correct and
does not have any kind of adverse impact over society or patients.
Description of the brief working protocol
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is based on the idea or concept that people feelings,
thoughts, actions and physical sensations are interconnected, and that bad feelings and thoughts
can trap an individual in a vicious cycle. Main aim of this therapy is to help an individual with
overwhelming and reducing the issues positively by breaking them down in smaller parts. It is
essential to start practicing innovative skills or knowledge that can then be developing in to use
of real-world situations. For instance: an individual by means of substance use disorder may start
practicing innovative coping skills as well as rehearsing ways to neglect or deal by way of social
situations that can be potentially trigger a relapse (Muriana, Piazza and Vizzini, 2016).
Demonstration of clear understanding of health advice, health promotion and health care practice
within an integrated health care provision
This is about the comprehension of the idea that how significant is it to centre over great
wellbeing exhortation, wellbeing advancement and human services practice inside the medicinal
services arrangement. At whatever point, the patient spans to the consideration setting needs to
get the most extreme yield from the expert's side so can be recouped as ahead of schedule as
conceivable alongside discovering the counsel as inspiration that help to go right way as it were.
The advantage of this will be get by the individual in future where it assists with having the solid
way of life and the fortified centre body structure that never became sick without any problem.
This would be the explanation that great reconciliation of administrations with care settings is
significant for conveying effective capacities inside the general public (Pockett and Beddoe,
2017).
Critical discussion of the links between the individual experience of health and health issues,
within the context of integrated healthcare
Right now, the experience of people isn't acceptable in regards to the accomplishment of
successful incorporated medicinal services benefits inside the consideration settings. The people
have the observation that all-encompassing methodology isn't followed inside the arrangements
where they simply give prescription based on indications by dismissing different elements like
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mental and physical wellbeing. This resultant into the enormous number of symptoms and low
recoup rate. Additionally, they not engaged over the guidance with respect to the advancement of
wellbeing and improvement of way of life so the individual can evacuate the centre reason. This
resultant into the impermanent recuperation of an individual from the specific issue, based on
taking suggested medications by the professional but this will must emerge in future while
proceeding over the same way of living a life (Wilson, 2017).
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that there is huge need of adopting holistic care
approach. This will provide the opportunity in medication on the basis of considering all
associated factors with body. There is also huge importance of service integration with care
settings. This will help in better care along with good health advices that work in the direction of
improving lifestyle.
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Chemotherapy. 2020. [Online]. Available Through:
<https://www.healthline.com/health/chemotherapy#outlook>
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. 2020. [Online]. Available Through:
<https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cognitive-behavior-therapy-2795747>
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