How Does One Learn to Be Spiritual? The Neglected Role of Spiritual Modeling in Health

Spirit, Science, and Health: How the Spiritual Mind Fuels Physical Wellness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 39-54

  Oman, Doug ^a   Thoresen, Carl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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