The impact of the transcendental meditation program on government payments to physicians in Quebec

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-216

  Herron, Robert E ^a   Hillis, Stephen L ^b   Mandarino, Joseph V ^c   Orme Johnson, David W ^c   Walton, Kenneth G ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c Department of Management ^*

Author keywords

Health Care Costs; Meditation; Mind Body Medicine; Stress Reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; STRESS; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

EID: 0030021246     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-10.3.208     Document Type: Article

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