Connection, action, and hope: An invitation to reclaim the "spiritual" in health care

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-436

  Wills, Margaret ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Addiction; Biomedical; Communication; Complementary and alternative medicine; Connection; Expectancy; Faith; Healing; Holistic; Hope; Placebo; Prayer; Recovery; Religion; Religiosity; Self help; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548224301     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-006-9106-x     Document Type: Article

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