l the CHD patient.
Contemporary cardiology excels at managing life-threatening conditions (e.g., acute myocardial infarction [MI] and unstable angina) by enlisting advanced methods, such as thrombolysis or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for diagnosis and treatment. Despite the sophistication of these cutting edge techniques, Sinatra (1996) compares them to prescribing aspirin for a headache: they focus on treating symptoms without addressing underlying physical and emotional causes. Indeed, standard allopathic care in the United States has traditionally been crisis-oriented, and consistent with this orientation, cardiologists have often ignored the array of factors that contribute to coronary heart disease (CHD) and prevent p
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