Spiritual recovery movements and contemporary medical care

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-223

  Galanter, Marc ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; HEALING; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION;

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; CULTURE; DISEASE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALING; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030838799     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1997.11024799     Document Type: Article

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