The Difference Between Sick, Well, & Whole

As I described here, I don't think it's enough for us, as doctors and other health care providers, to aim for helping our patients get well. Yes, it's critical to help people move from sick to well, but then what? So many of my patients go to their doctors, complaining from symptoms of this mojo-sapping epidemic that seems to be infecting the developed world. We feel fatigued, depressed, listless, unfulfilled. We suffer from decreased libido, lack of spiritual connection, insomnia, anxiety, and other vague symptoms.

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