I always thought we’d let the term ‘holistic’ get away from us. As a GP I just thought being holistic was just what we did, another term for generalism, or even for holistic medicine’s close cousin, integrative medicine. Somewhere along the line holistic medicine has been claimed as a special expertise in addition to what we, as mere GPs, do. Holism considers ‘the whole body, mind, spirit, and wider environment’ according to the British Association for Holistic Medicine and Health Care. I can’t argue with that. Only this week I have had conversations with patients about the Grand Final they just won, and the physical and psychological …