From efficacy to safety concerns: A STEP forward or a step back for clinical research and intercessory prayer?: The Study of Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 762-764

  Krucoff, Mitchell W ^a   Crater, Suzanne W ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SAFETY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; THERAPY EFFECT; THINKING;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CULTURE; FAITH HEALING; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33645224051     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.031     Document Type: Editorial

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