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The link between religion and health : psychoneuroimmunology and the faith factor /

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) studies relationships between mental state & the nervous, endocrine & immune systems. It focuses on how mental states & beliefs affect physical health. This book examines topics relating to religious faith & behaviour.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Koenig, Harold G. (Harold George), 1951-, Cohen, Harvey Jay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The connection between psychoneuroimmunology and religion / Harold G. Koenig
  • The development and history of psychoneuroimmunology / George F. Solomon
  • Understanding how stress affects the physical body / Bruce S. Rabin
  • Stress, natural killer cells, and cancer / Ronald B. Herberman
  • Psychosocial interventions and prognosis in cancer / David Spiegel, Fawzy I. Fawzy
  • Psychosocial stress, social networked, and susceptibility to infection / Sheldon Cohen
  • Psychosocial factors, immunity, and wound healing / Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen
  • Psychosocial factors, spirituality/religiousness, and immune function in HIV/AIDS patients / Gail Ironson, Neil Schneiderman
  • Hostility, neuroendocrine changes, and health outcomes / Redford B. Williams
  • Psychological stress and autoimmune disease / Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen
  • Immune, neuroendocrine, and religious measures / Bruce S. Rabin, Harold G. Koenig
  • Psychoneuroimmunology and eastern religious traditions / Paul J. Griffiths
  • Psychoneuroimmunology and western religious traditions / Warren S. Brown
  • Psychoneuroimmunology and religion: Implications for society and culture / Howard L. Kaye
  • Avenues for future research / Harvey Jay Cohen, Harold G. Koenig.