Efficacy of distant healing - A proposal for a four-armed randomized study (EUHEALS)

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 168-176

  Walach, H ^a   Bosch H ^a   Haraldsson, E ^b   Marx, A ^c   Tomasson, H ^b   Wiesendanger, H ^d   Lewith, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d University of Southampton Medical School ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Mental healing; Multiple chemical sensitivities; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALING; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMANS;

EID: 0035996171     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064267     Document Type: Article

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