Spiritual healing as a therapy for chronic pain: A randomized, clinical trial

Pain

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 79-89

  Abbot, Neil C ^a   Harkness, Elaine F ^a   Stevinson, Clare ^a   Marshall, F Paul ^b   Conn, David A ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Distant healing; Spiritual healing; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035062813     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00421-8     Document Type: Article

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