Our families are the really the most important in our lives.
It stands to reason that we want good service and throughness from any professional that works with our family.  How do we measure this?  Some say that satisfaction is the key. Do we base this on cost or communication or service?  To me, a family member needs to be treated by the professional with respect and with all the capability possible within their scope.  Your thoughts...

The first experience of the physical environment a baby has is the connection with its mother.  This is where they first express their physical relationship with the environment. 
Children are very sensitive to their environments.  Recently a term used to describe children who have not experienced the "rawness" of the outdoors is Nature Deficit Disorder.  I felt this was a good description for symtoms we see where kids are unable to relate to animals and vegetation.  In this we see lack of connection to food, nutrition, animal care and a general understanding that nature exists, more importantly than us.

If you see an animal in nature not moving, even on approach, you wonder what is wrong with that creature?  How is it that we as humans, with prefrontal and frontal lobe discriminant thinking do not continue to move?  Is it our inabilities or complacancy or fatigue?

Examples of chronic illness are everywhere.  People suffering from allergies, pain, joint distress, headaches, skin rashes, depression etc. is common place and very accepted in society.  The prevalence is rarely questioned but instead treated with common medicines.  These medicines are they themselves carriers of chronic side-effects that may add to the vary illness they treat. Both saviour and crucifier as such.  Why do we look for "cures" with time frames when suffering for long periods?  Why is there "chronic" illness at all?
The number one reason for prescription meds is for PAIN treatment.  Why is pain chronic at all?  Notably pain is a human feeling that occurs at the onset of an injury.  The natural response of the peripheral nervous system is to refer to the central nervous system, which determines the extent and length of the pain response.  Most of us stop when feeling pain - good, right?!  Prolonged pain can lead to further injury and therefore "illness". The original injury leads to different injuries througout the system and therefore becomes chronic due to the systems inability to fully repair. The person is disconnected from the original injury and no longer associates with the problem. However at some point a breakdown within the system notifies the person, and off to the medicine counter they go. A sad state for the human but we all do it.  It leads me to think that human must be very disconnected with nature, as the natural world is built on "healing" and growth, not prolonged suffering.