Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease
Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California has created an intensive holistic treatment for coronary heart patients with improved diet (low fat, whole foods, plant based), exercise, stress management, and social support that has proven to be efficient. In this...
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| description | Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California has created an intensive holistic treatment for coronary heart patients with improved diet (low fat, whole foods, plant based), exercise, stress management, and social support that has proven to be efficient. In this paper, we analyze the rationale behind his cure in relation to contemporary holistic medical theory. In spite of a complex treatment program, the principles seem to be simple and in accordance with holistic medical theories, like the Antonovsky concept of rehabilitating the sense of coherence and the life mission theory for holistic medicine. We believe there is a need for the allocation of resources for further research into the aspects of holistic health and its methods, where positive and significant results have been proven and reproduced at several sites. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-25259cf634a24e29a8e063bb993d08842025-02-03T01:06:45ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2006-01-0161977198410.1100/tsw.2006.330Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular DiseaseSøren Ventegodt0Efrat Merrick1Joav Merrick2Nordic School of Holistic Medicine and Quality of Life Research Center, Teglgå rdstræde 4-8, DK-1452 Copenhagen K, DenmarkNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, IsraelNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, IsraelDean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California has created an intensive holistic treatment for coronary heart patients with improved diet (low fat, whole foods, plant based), exercise, stress management, and social support that has proven to be efficient. In this paper, we analyze the rationale behind his cure in relation to contemporary holistic medical theory. In spite of a complex treatment program, the principles seem to be simple and in accordance with holistic medical theories, like the Antonovsky concept of rehabilitating the sense of coherence and the life mission theory for holistic medicine. We believe there is a need for the allocation of resources for further research into the aspects of holistic health and its methods, where positive and significant results have been proven and reproduced at several sites.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.330 |
| spellingShingle | Søren Ventegodt Efrat Merrick Joav Merrick Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease |
| title_full | Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease |
| title_short | Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease |
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