'Laying on of hands': Magic or medicine?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-122

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MYSTICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 33847360910     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0142-6     Document Type: Editorial

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