Mental health plays an important role in coping with illness

When someone is facing an illness the center of attention is primarily on physical health and well-being. Addressing physical symptoms and identifying the appropriate remedies to cure or manage the illness is the main focus of time and energy for the patient and physician, but our mental health also plays an important role in effectively […]

Massage Therapy, an Integral Part of Integrative Health Program at Primary Hospice Care

Hospice services are not only for the patient but also for the family of the patient. Relieving the physical, mental and emotional suffering of the family unit is tremendously important, and at the same time very complex. Dr. Desmonette Hazly, Director of Social Medicine at Primary Hospice Care, has taken an integrative health approach to […]