Complementary Spiritist therapy: Systematic review of scientific evidence

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lucchetti, Giancarlo ^a   Lucchetti, Alessandra L Granero ^a   Bassi, Rodrigo M ^a   Nobre, Marlene Rossi Severino ^b  

^a Medical Spiritist Association of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b Research Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COMPLEMENTARY SPIRITIST THERAPY; DISOBSESSION; FLUIDOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPIRIT EDUCATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79959217995     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/835945     Document Type: Review

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