Beliefs about life-after-death, psychiatric symptomology and cognitive theories of psychopathology

Journal of Psychology and Theology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-103

  Flannelly, Kevin J ^a   Ellison, Christopher G ^b   Galek, Kathleen ^a   Koenig, Harold G ^c  

^a HealthCare Chaplaincy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 47749092796     PISSN: 00916471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009164710803600202     Document Type: Article

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