Holistic Approach in Health Care: Systems Perspective in Implementation of Trauma Care at CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

A patient is someone with a body, mind, and soul with some illness. HolisticHolistic health careHealth care refers to attending to the needs of the patient’s body, mind, and soul to bring in ‘wholesome healingWholesome healing’. The following clinical case will explain the ‘6Cs’ of holisticHolistic healthcare, which are Care, CompassionCompassion, Courage, CommitmentCommitment, CommunicationCommunication, and CompetenceCompetence. Without these components, the healing is likely to be incomplete. Our methodologyMethodology is a clinical case report. HolisticHolistic health careHealth care is not only the responsibility of the health careHealth care providers, but also of the receiver, family members, society at large, and the institutionsInstitutions of the governmentGovernment.