The Perspective of Psychosomatic Medicine on the Effect of Religion on the Mind–Body Relationship in Japan

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-55

  Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a,b   Ohara, Chisin ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Teikyo Graduate School of Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Japan; Psychosomatic medicine; Religion; Shintoism

Indexed keywords

BUDDHISM; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

BUDDHISM; EARTHQUAKES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 84920863061     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9586-9     Document Type: Article

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