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This chapter will discuss how integrative health services and holistic approaches to health can improve overall patient health and health systems outcomes. This will include discussions of improvements in preventative care, chronic disease management, increasing health care costs, and improving system efficiency. The chapter will conclude with a discussion of end of life care and the recent trend of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.
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As a rule of thumb, it is recommended that providers ask themselves “Would I be surprised if this person died in the next year?” If the answer is No, they would not be surprised, then a discussion of POLST with the patient is recommended (Dunn et al., 2007, p. 37).
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Mullins-Owens, H. (2016). Application to Public Health. In: Integrative Health Services. SpringerBriefs in Public Health(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29857-3_2
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