When patient advocacy and speech pathology collide

I've been working as a youth representative for Trapeze for a few years now, and have found that patient advocacy has become a huge part of my life.
As a part of this role I recently made this short spiel on the importance of providing care that is age and stage appropriate. Huge steps are being taken toward making youth friendly services for young people with chronic illness, which is very exciting!

(Apologies for the loud clang at the beginning. I'm uncoordinated even when sitting down)

I've spent quite a lot of time lately wondering how I can make my interests work together. Speech pathology and patient advocacy for young people with chronic illness. They just didn't seem to gel together the way I'd like.

Now that I don't have placement on I've found myself with time. Instead of using this like a normal person would (by relaxing), I chose to apply for a scholarship and write a voluntary essay this past week.

Sounds insane. It probably is. But from doing all of this writing I think I've worked out the link between my interests. Holistic client care. The reason I'm so vocal about patient welfare is because often people are grouped by their condition. Age is one factor that makes us different, but there are many others. Things like our personality types, goals, jobs, self-demands, and lifestyles are huge, and they're often missed. To me, a good health professional is one who takes the whole person approach, and I'd like to apply that to my practice as an allied health professional as well.

I'm interested in hearing your views- have you ever encountered the experience I described? What is the making of a good health professional for you?
Maybe one day there could be an industry standard, where we can make a comprehensive rundown of the person we're treating rather than the condition. File summaries exist but there must be another way to truly represent the person being treated. Maybe it will be the e-health record, who knows.

What could work for you?