Healing by skeptical trainee healers

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-304

  Hankey, Alex ^a,c   McCrum, Sarah ^b  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Phenomena Academy   (New Zealand)

^c Hethe House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MENTAL HEALING; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); QI; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 34247573365     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7032     Document Type: Editorial

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