Title: Holistic view - definition of Holistic view by The Free Dictionary
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Content: A holistic investigation or system of treatment. ho′list n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. holism
( ˈhəʊlɪzəm)
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1. ( Philosophy) any doctrine that a system may have properties over and above those of its parts and their organization
2. ( Medicine) the treatment of any subject as a whole integrated system, esp, in medicine, the consideration of the complete person, physically and psychologically, in the treatment of a disease. See also alternative medicine
3. ( Philosophy) philosophy one of a number of methodological theses holding that the significance of the parts can only be understood in terms of their contribution to the significance of the whole and that the latter must therefore be epistemologically prior.