Hi again,

Thanks for everyone's thoughts - *very* helpful. No royalities I'm afraid I'm still saving up for my 1st laptop. :-)

Yes thanks for reminding me (w)holistic has been used within health, I wonder though if it still rings of 'holistic' - as per messages above?

Great idea shanks ... 'Tetrachiral' has a nice ring to it!
Sympathetic to the model, which readily incorporates the objective -- subjective, quantitative -- qualitative, mind -- body, arts -- sciences.

Maybe 'pentachiral' - the four quadrants surrounded and intereacting with an outer spiritual domain?
But if you were doing an assessment using this approach what verb would apply? So many actions...

You consider (alone or with) the patient & carer the information they are providing, that from written or computer records, relating this to each care domain. For experienced staff there is a reliance on tacit knowledge and gestalt - pattern recognition.

Awaiting another sunny day to look at more than 'p' if you get my meaning....
Best wishes
Peter