Faith and Healing

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Currents18 January 2000Faith and HealingLinda GundersenLinda GundersenSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-2-200001180-00102 SectionsAboutFull Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Studies suggesting that church going, religious beliefs, and prayer can improve morbidity and mortality have increasingly received attention in medical journals and the general media. One study at Duke University concluded that steady church attendance improves health and prolongs life (J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1999; 54:M370-6). Some authorities, however, believe that researchers often use flawed methods to study the relation between health and religion. They point out that the cause-and-effect relations are frequently unclear because religious persons, who are often defined as regular attendees of worship services, are in general already healthier than nonreligious persons. In fact, ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySpirituality in general practice: a qualitative evidence synthesisItalian validation of the Brief Rcope scale for religious copingThe biochemistry of beliefComparison of middle-age and young women inpatients with eating disordersProfile of 50 Women with Midlife-Onset Eating DisordersTreatment Responses of Inpatient Eating Disorder Women with and without Co-occurring Obsessive-compulsive DisorderPsychiatric Comorbidities of Female Inpatients With Eating DisordersManagement Strategies for Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis From Diagnosis Through DeathThe prevalence, patterns of usage and people's attitude towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among the Indian community in Chatsworth, South AfricaThe Importance of Prayer for Mind/Body HealingSpirituality and MedicineImportance of Faith on Medical Decisions Regarding Cancer CareTowards clarification of the meaning of spiritualityNursing the spirit: the Framework of Systemic OrganizationReligious Involvement, Spirituality, and Medicine: Implications for Clinical PracticeAndere MaßnahmenShould Physicians Prescribe Religious Activities? 18 January 2000Volume 132, Issue 2Page: 169-172KeywordsAlcoholicsAlcoholismBehaviorCardiac care unitDeath ratesHealth careHealth economicsPatientsStrokeSurgery ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 18 January 2000 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.Loading ...

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