Holistic Care: Are we treating the Patient or the condition?

        In today's fast-paced world where technology rules, the medical profession is also advancing. In 1991, 2,900 liver transplants were performed in the United States while there were 30,000 canidates for the procedure in the United States alone (Heffron, T. G., 1993). Due to shortages of available organs for donation/transplantation, specifically livers, once again science has come to the rescue.         Although the procedure is fairly new in the United States, the concept of living organ donation is fast growing. …

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