Handbook of Religion and Health

Handbook of Religion and Health
ISBN-10
0195335953
ISBN-13
9780195335958
Series
Handbook of Religion and Health
Category
Medical
Pages
1169
Language
English
Published
2012-02-29
Publisher
OUP USA
Authors
Harold Koenig, Dana King, Verna B. Carson

Description

"Completely revises and updates the first edition, ... surveys the historical connections between religion and health and grapples with the distinction between the terms ''religion'' and ''spirituality'' in research and clinical practice. It reviews research on religion and mental health, as well as extensive research literature on the mind-body relationship, and develops a model to explain how religious involvement may impact physical health through the mind-body mechanisms. It also explores the direct relationships between religion and physical health, covering such topics as immune and endocrine function, heart disease, hypertension and stroke, neurological disorders, cancer, and infectious diseases; and examines the consequences of illness including chronic pain, disability, and quality of life ...[The] authors are physicians: a psychiatrist and geriatrician, a primary care physician, and a professor of nursing and specialist in mental health nursing"--Provided by publisher.

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