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Preventive Medicine
Why Choose An Integrated Healthcare Approach?
Choosing an integrative healthcare approach is a wise decision because it is proactive and facilitates life-long health and well-being! Rather than strictly treating physical symptoms or conditions as they occur, an integrative healthcare approach strives to identify the underlying causes and contributing factors to "diseases" by adopting health-promoting lifestyles. At the heart of this philosophy, sometimes referred to as holistic medicine, are the following beliefs:
- True healing addresses the whole person; physical, nutritional, genetic, mental, emotional, environmental, social, and spiritual aspects of the self; and especially the interconnectedness and inseparability to these elements
- Optimal health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being -- not merely the absence of sickness or disease
- One's body has a natural ability to maintain and heal itself, which can be enhanced with the appropriate supportive care
- Illnesses or diseases are not isolated events in one's life to be treated in an isolated fashion, but are evidence of an imbalance or disharmony of the whole person that allows an opportunity for self-reflection and growth
- The relationship between an individual and his or her healthcare provider can be one of a partnership based upon open communication, with an emphasis on education (especially toward health-promoting lifestyles), self care, personal responsibility, individual empowerment, and autonomy to invoke one's own inner healing capabilities.
Integrative healthcare utilizes safe and effective approaches for diagnosis and treatment, incorporating the best from conventional medicine and the complementary or alternative healing processes to develop a multidimensional integrative healing or wellness program.
We do not prescribe strong drugs to be taken on a continual basis. If a patient needs psychotropic drugs for psychological relief, we suggest being followed by a psychiatrist; if neurotropic drugs for neurological diseases, we suggest being followed by a neurologist; if pain control for chronic, intractible pain, we suggest being followed by a physiatrist (rehabilitation physician); if medication for sleep disorders, then we suggest being followed by a sleep specialist. While you are being treated by those specialists, we may continue to work with you to find and treat the causes of these disorders or to offer holistic and alternative strategies to help manage the difficulties in addition to conventional drug therapies.
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If you are interested in setting up an initial consultation visit with Dr. LaCava, please contact our office at (508) 854-1380. These appointments are scheduled for an hour in duration, but please plan to be here for approximately up to two hours.
The initial visit requires questionnaires, checklists, and summaries that need to be completed by the patient. These forms can be sent to you by mail, or you can download them here on our website below.
The forms need to be completed in full and returned to our office for receipt BEFORE your appointment. We highly recommend that you have these documents returned to our office AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS prior to your visit.
Please note: Your inability to comply with this request will result in your loss of valuable time spent with the physician. For more information, or if you have questions please contact our office and we will be happy to assist you.
Forms
To download the forms required for your initial visit, please click on the links below. These documents are Adobe (.pdf) files, and thus require Adobe Reader to view. If you are experiencing problems viewing these forms, please contact our office at
(508) 854-1380.
Print each item, complete, and return them to our office as soon as possible. A $40.00 retainer to hold your appointment time should also be sent along with your paperwork. Please note, this retainer fee is meant to HOLD your appointment time only. IT WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU UPON ARRIVAL. Should you need to reschedule or cancel your appointment for any reason, you must do so AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS prior to your appointment. If you do not show up at your scheduled time, and you fail to notify our office, your $40.00 retainer will then be forfeited to the Francis Holistic Medical Center, P.C.
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