Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Roberts, Leanne ^a   Ahmed, I ^b   Hall, S ^b  

^a HERTFORD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Mental healing; *Religion and medicine; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERCESSORY PRAYER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 34447125583     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000368.pub2     Document Type: Review

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