Effect of retroactive intercessory prayer

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7344, 2002, Pages 1037-

  Thornett, Andrew M ^a   Hettiaratchy, Shehan ^b   Hemsley, Carolyn ^c   Hopkins, John ^d   Brownnutt, Michael J ^e   Price, Christopher I ^f   Lagnado, Max ^g   Schwartz, Stephan A ^h   Black, Stephen L ⁱ   Leibovici, Leonard ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Parkplace Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Chameleon Medical Communications   (United Kingdom)

^h Cognitive Sciences Laboratory 90212 ^*  (United States)

ⁱ BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICS;

BACTEREMIA; FAITH HEALING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037181639     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7344.1037     Document Type: Letter

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