Why Not Find Out Whether Religious Beliefs Predict Surgical Outcomes? If They Do, Why Not Find Out Why? Reply to Freedland (2004)

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-246

  Contrada, Richard J ^a   Idler, Ellen L ^a   Cather, Corinne ^b,e   Goyal, Tanya M ^c   Rafalson, Luba ^a   Krause, Tyrone J ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial model; Health; Religion; Surgery

Indexed keywords

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

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION;

EID: 2142827146     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.3.243     Document Type: Article

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