What Is Inclusive Care™? Holistic Information (1/3)

Imagine eating at your favorite restaurant: The scenery is familiar. The music buffers the background noise, the decor enhances your appetite, your drink complements the food, and your best friends are all engaged in a hilarious conversation. The food arrives, and the smell, presentation, and taste are precisely how you had hoped. You’re immersed in a situation where all of the conditions contribute to an overall experience, and you’re loving it!

Now imagine eliminating the music. You’d still enjoy the experience, but something would seem off. Now imagine taking away your drink, and perhaps one of your best friends couldn’t attend. For the sake of the experiment let’s also say that you’re suffering from allergies and can’t smell a thing, including your food. Not quite the same, right? With the conditions that are left you would likely still have a good time, but there are elements missing that could prevent this from being an epic memory. There’s even a chance that things could turn out rather unpleasant. The odds start becoming more of a toss-up.

Finally, imagine that an external observer (a restaurant manager) was tasked with managing your overall experience by interpreting your mood using 2-dimensional photographs of both scenarios, and nothing else. They would miss the fact that one environment has music and the other doesn't. They'd likely notice that someone at the table was absent, but they wouldn't know who, or how that person contributed to the overall experience. They certainly wouldn't know that you couldn't smell your food. You get the "picture". The observer wouldn’t. That’s essential, because the alterations would have significant implications on the experience, the desired outcome, and the observer’s ability to form an accurate assessment. Now, imagine if this was your pregnancy.

Continue reading in Part 2 of this series.

View additional content in the Modelo Health app