Science and spirituality in primary Care: Is there common ground?

Science and spirituality in primary Care: Is there common ground?

Alistair Appleby is an academic GP in the Highlands of Scotland   “Until recently health professionals have followed a largely medical model, which seeks to treat patients by focussing on medicine and surgery and gives less important to beliefs and faith. This reductionism, or mechanistic view of people as being only a material body is no longer satisfactory”.1  WHO – 1998   Many general practitioners consider spirituality to be relevant to thei…