Holistic Medical Care in the Heart of Cape Town

Dr Nina Claudia Hessler and Dr Talia Kavalieratos have established HK Family Health with the intention of combatting issues currently predominant in both the public and private sectors of healthcare.

Their ethos focuses on:

• Utilising the most up-to-date guidelines and information available to treat patients
• Providing equal care to patients of all backgrounds, as per the Hippocratic Oath
• Respecting the opinions, habitual behaviour, and preferences of patients with no judgment, but with empathy and support
• Serving entire families, rather than just individuals, and collaborating with families as a whole when consented to
• Exploring and acknowledging social, familial, and economic situations, as these affect both physical and mental health
• Collaborating with allied health professionals (such as dieticians and psychologists) to treat conditions with treatment that is not simply pharmacological
• Providing information, support, and goals for patients regarding lifestyle modification, so as to limit the pill burden for patients with chronic illnesses
• Consulting with patients for as long as deemed necessary, so that the pressure of consultation timing does not cause negligence nor dissatisfaction in the patient's perspective