Religious Beliefs Shorten Hospital Stays? Psychology Works in Mysterious Ways: Comment on Contrada et al. (2004)

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-242

  Freedland, Kenneth E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; Coronary artery bypass complications; Epidemiologic research design; Length of stay; Religion and medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RELIGION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RELIGION;

EID: 2142817202     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.3.239     Document Type: Article

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