Holistic view of health and illness

Prompt 1

In the Holistic view of health and illness, there is a definite distinction made between the outcomes of healing and cure. One of the ideas stated in the reading is that healing can occur even in the absence of cure.  Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?  Give sources to support your position.  Be sure to include clinical experiences from your nursing practice and citations from the readings or the online library.

Prompt 2

In the lecture you saw that there are four holistic modalities to self—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Choose one modality and discuss how improving health in that modality will improve health in the whole being. Give examples from your clinical experience and cite sources from the readings or the online library.