Clinical efficacy of ritual healing and pastoral ministry

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 741-749

  Kwan, Simon Shui man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health; Pastoral care counseling; Placebo; Religion; Ritual healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547163898     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-007-0079-9     Document Type: Article

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