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| About Us | About Us and alternative health clinics Our alternative health care clinic was founded by Dr. Lon M. Hatfield, a family practice MD who also has a Ph.D. in biochemistry, in 1998. The original vision was a holistic medicine center, staffed by a highly trained, multi-disciplinary team of dedicated doctors and therapists who could work with patients to promote natural healing and optimal wellness. He believed that integrative medicine could use the latest technology to support the health care practitioners to incorporate the leading-edge knowledge and the best treatments from Western , Eastern , and alternative medicine. After researching the relatively few alternative healthcare clinics currently in existence, he designed an alternative medicine facility to optimize the conditions that enable the body to experience natural healing. The Healing Arts Center is located in Northeast Washington State, in Colville, WA, a small community 64 miles north of Spokane. They now have on staff family practice physicians, M.D. and Osteopathic. |
Family Practice Osteopathy Preventive Care Acute Care Therapeutic Nutrition Allergy Treatment Osteopathic Manipulation Counseling
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| Our Mission: To nurture
the healing process with Love, Wisdom, Integrity and Joy. Our Vision: To offer world class health care via a system of integrative medicine, incorporating the best of Western, Eastern, alternative medicine with the latest in medical technology to promote optimal health on all levels. Our Belief: "The first wealth is health." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Our Major Goals:
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| WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH ..........
that anyone who has an illness can effectively draw upon their physical, mental, social,
emotional, and spiritual strengths to help regain their health. We recognize that
the provider's essential role is to optimize the conditions that enable the body's natural
healing forces to restore health. Our doctors help our patients create or
enhance these conditions by supporting, teaching, listening, and discussing ideas to draw
upon during the healing process. PHYSICALLY, our bodies have great resilience and capacity, and we acknowledge the wisdom of helping patients keep their body's strong, healthy, and vital through proper nutrients, exercise, rest, relaxation, therapeutic massage, and stress management. Alternative medicine emphasizes natural healing, non-invasive procedures, and disease prevention, so that synthetic drugs, surgery, and radiation are less likely to be needed. MENTALLY, we support our patients to take responsibility for their recovery and to learn as much as possible about their diagnosis and alternative plans of treatment. Integrative medicine allows us to use a wide variety of healing arts, coordinated to restore and maintain health and wellness. In addition to the importance of knowledge, mind / body medicine is a rapidly expanding arena offering powerful techniques such as visualization, meditation, and APN to mobilize internal body forces to overcome disease. SOCIALLY , we encourage and assist patients to build a support system by surrounding themselves with caring people, particularly loved ones, who bring hope and can uplift their hearts and minds, and with whom they can intimately ( into-me-see) communication. As a holistic health clinic, we value patient / staff interactions that are caring and respectful, provided in an environment beautifully designed to promote peace and patient comfort. EMOTIONALLY, we are committed to helping our patients consistently experience feelings and attitudes conducive to wellness and happiness. Integrative medicine recognizes the crucial role that emotions play in the healing process. We know that hope powerfully impacts biology, as does confidence in the healing process. Quality of life and health are further enhanced by the giving and receiving of LOVE, KINDNESS, AND AFFIRMATION. Whatever the circumstances, an attitude of OPTIMISM AND OPENNESS TO LIFE permits patients and staff to respond in a more effective and therapeutic manner. SPIRITUALLY, we encourage our patients to draw upon their faith and their deep internal belief system, as well as upon individuals who can minister to their spiritual hunger and needs. As Teilhard de Chardin said, "We are not Human Beings having a spiritual experience; we are Spiritual Beings having a human experience." Seen in this light, physical illness often invites one to reflect upon choices, goals, and philosophy of life. Physical wellness and spiritual maturity are facilitated when we recognize that the human experience is best approached with wonderment, curiosity, and faith in a Power that lovingly supports the Universe and is available to strengthen our inner resources for healing. AT ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ..... healing arts centers you will find, , our medical doctors and support staff work hard to live by Albert Schweitzer's three basic rules for raising children: First, Example. Second, Example. Third, Example. While we have yet to achieve that ideal, we currently strive to: First, Be a good example. Second, Build caring and affirming relations with each other and with our patients. Third, teach and share with each other and with our patients the 5 sources of healing described above. We feel good about the many people we have been able to help, while recognizing that we are only at the beginning of a very exciting journey into the future of alternative medicine, natural healing, and integrative health care. It's truly a " Vision of the future, in healthcare Today." |
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