Distant healing intention: Definitions and evolving guidelines for laboratory studies

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Schlitz, Marilyn ^a   Radin, Dean ^a   Malle, Bertram F ^b   Schmidt, Stefan ^c   Utts, Jessica ^d   Yount, Garret L ^e  

^a Institute of Noetic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; GUIDELINES; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTENTION; MENTAL HEALING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0038076025     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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