Spiritual Struggle Related to Plasma Interleukin-6 Prior to Cardiac Surgery

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-128

  Ai, Amy L ^a   Seymour, E Mitchell ^b   Tice, Terrence N ^b   Kronfol, Ziad ^c   Bolling, Steven F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

cardiac diseases and cardiac surgery; coping with stress; immune inflammatory marker interleukin 6; religion; spiritual struggle

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650154713     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015775     Document Type: Article

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