The Link Between Religion and Health - Psychoneuroimmunology and the Faith Factor (Hardcover)

This book is the first to present new medical research establishing a connection between religion and health and to examine the implications for Eastern and Western religious traditions and for society and culture. The distinguished list of contributors examine a series of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) topics that relate to religious faith and behavior. PNI studies the relationships between mental states and the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. Among the issues it focuses upon are how mental states, in general, and belief states, in particular, affect physical health. The contributors argue that religious involvement and belief can affect certain neuroendocrine and immune mechanisms, and that these mechanisms, in turn, positively affect a wide variety of health outcomes, such as susceptibility to cancer and recovery following surgery. This volume is essential reading for those interested in the relationship between religion and health.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Harold G. Koenig (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Medicine) • Harvey J. Cohen (Professor of Medicine)
Dimensions:	243 x 163 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-514360-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Immunology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-514360-4
Barcode:	9780195143607

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