Holistic concept of health?
The word holistic comes from 'whole'. Therefore a holistic
concept of health considers the whole person, rather than just the
separate aspects of health. It recognises that each one of the
aspects of health has an impact on the other ones. For example if a
person is emotionally upset, their mental and physical health can
also be affected. So could their social and spiritual health.
Another example could be that if a person is not physically fit,
because they have injuries, it would affect them emotionally as
they are bound to be upset, and this could affect their mental
health, which could then affect their social health, as they will
not have the ability to make and maintain relationships. It is very
difficult to separate the aspects of health as they are
interrelated and interdependent.