Religion, spirituality, and medicine

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9153, 1999, Pages 664-667

  Sloan, R P ^a,b,c   Bagiella, E ^a,b   Powell, T ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033024024     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)07376-0     Document Type: Note

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