Distant healing and clinical research;Fernheilung und klinische forschung

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 274-287

  Ebneter, M ^a   Binder, M ^b   Saller, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distant healing; Mental healing; Spiritual healing

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035154024     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057237     Document Type: Review

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