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The International Journal of Whole Person Care

Volume 9, Number 1, 2022 Congress October 2021

This special edition is devoted entirely to the 4th International Congress on Whole Person Care (21-24 October, 2021) and includes all accepted abstracts for oral presentations that were presented at this conference.

Table of contents (31 articles)

Congress 2021

  1. A new construct: mindful procedural touch

    Carmelina D’Arro

    p. 1

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  2. The lived experiences of teenage girls with scoliosis and the effect of a peer support group, Curvy Girls

    Kristina Amja, Marie Vigouroux, Gillian Newman and Richard B. Hovey

    pp. 2–3

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  3. Introduction of GRACE program required for COVID-19 disaster - especially for exhausted healthcare workers

    Yusuke Takamiya and Makiko Arima

    pp. 4–5

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  4. The patient as teacher-learnings about becoming a good physician from senior medical students

    Ellen Beck

    pp. 6–7

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  5. Engaging healthcare providers and patients on climate action through physical, emotional and social wellness

    Minna Allarakhia

    pp. 8–9

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  6. Peer support for adolescent girls living with scoliosis: finding a digital community

    Marie Vigouroux, Kristina Amja and Richard B. Hovey

    pp. 10–11

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  7. Project Lotus: A really cool community-based initiative assisting women post-homelessness

    Karla Jacobsen, Laurence Roy, Sally Richmond, Isabelle Boutemeur, Eve de Macar, Beatriz Hoffman-Kuhnt, Danielle Rouleau and Vanessa Seto

    pp. 12–13

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  8. Traditional & narrative practices of treatment for depression and depressive symptoms in older adults

    Courtni Jeffers

    pp. 14–15

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  9. A student-run free clinic project: lessons in compassion, community, and courage

    Ellen Beck, Isabel Dominguez and Kalodia Toma

    pp. 16–17

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  10. Kintsugi mind: clinicians can emerge from the pandemic whole

    Patricia Lynn Dobkin

    pp. 18–19

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  11. The impact of virtual care on relationship centered care: Observations of a family physician

    Mark J. Yaffe

    p. 20

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  12. The use of digital tablets eases the way to compassionate care during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Belen Herrero, Valentine Weber, Erin Kennedy, Gligorka Raskovic and Coleen Timm

    pp. 21–22

    Record

  13. Lessons from the "non-critical" patient during a pandemic: developmental-behavioural pediatric populations & COVID-19

    Shuvo Ghosh and Andreea Gorgos

    pp. 23–24

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  14. Online health promotion program and individualized health coaching for veteran wellbeing

    Devangi Patel, Kayleigh Beaveridge, Zoe O'Neill, Ilka Lowensteyn, Mohammed Kaouache and Steven Grover

    pp. 25–26

    Record

  15. Looking into the kaleidoscope of activism: the engagement of care ethics and global bioethics for a refined health security

    Sidney Kabinoff

    pp. 27–28

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  16. Developing a collaborative, humanistic interprofessional healthcare culture: a multi-site study

    Elizabeth A. Rider, Calvin Chou, Peter Weissman, Corrine Abraham and William T. Branch

    pp. 29–30

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  17. Aging, care and dependency in multimorbidity: how relationships affect elderly women’s homecare and health service use

    Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Stacy Torres, Amber JoAnn Fletcher, M Rezaul Islam and Jennene Greenhill

    pp. 31–32

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  18. Psychedelic medicines for existential distress associated with life-threatening illnesses

    Houman Farzin

    p. 33

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  19. The need for alternative solutions when caring for patients with language barriers

    Nour Seulami, Jun Yang Liu, Mélyssa Kaci, Zakaria Ratemi, Abbesha Nadarajah, Sarah Khalil, Soukaina Hguig, Kenzy Abdelhamid and Darya Naumova

    pp. 34–35

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  20. Healthcare highways in your community

    Howard Stuart

    pp. 36–37

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  21. How to think about pain with the whole person in mind

    Timothy H. Wideman and Peter Stilwell

    pp. 38–39

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  22. Brief online mindfulness training for medical students: a randomized control study

    Sarah Moore, Denese Playford, Hanh Ngo, Rita Barbour, Kirsten Auret, Craig Hassed, Richard Chambers, Craig Sinclair, Helen Wilcox and Linda Berlach

    pp. 40–41

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  23. The use of portraiture to foster humanistic care

    Wendy A. Stewart and Mark Gilbert

    pp. 42–43

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  24. Adaptive challenges of curriculum implementation for enhancing medical student resilience at Showa University in Japan

    Shizuma Tsuchiya, Kris Siriratsivawong, Atsuko Furuta, Makiko Arima, Yusuke Takamiya, Hiroaki Ogata and Miki Izumi

    pp. 44–45

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  25. Training interprofessional faculty in humanism and professionalism: a qualitative analysis of what is most important

    Elizabeth A. Rider, Deborah D. Navedo and William T. Branch

    pp. 46–47

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  26. Where there's smoke: digital storytelling for healing

    Deborah Starr and Lance Weiler

    pp. 48–49

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  27. Ngununggula: The story of a cancer care team for aboriginal people

    Janelle Trees, Trish Levett, Kyla Wynn and Rowena Ivers

    pp. 50–51

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  28. A gamified sleep intervention for veterans: an overview

    Natasha Odessa Grimard, Nissim Frija-Gruman and Steven Grover

    pp. 52–53

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  29. Reflections on a journey, doing unfinished business, and homage to Balfour Mount

    Ellen Beck

    p. 54

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  30. Harnessing the power of gate control: interventions for procedural pain and anxiety

    Carmelina D'Arro

    p. 55

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  31. Queering whole person care in a pandemic

    Jane Shulman and David Kenneth Wright

    pp. 56–57

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