Timeless Healing
The Power and Biology of Belief
Published on 28. April 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-0-684-83146-6 (ISBN)
Description
Explores the role of faith in personal healing, discussing the mind-body link in health and the history of humankind's relationship with the deity concept.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-83146-6 (9780684831466)
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06/1996
Simon & Schuster Ltd
€32.39
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Persons
Herbert Benson, MD, is the Mind Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the mega-bestselling book, The Relaxation Response, as well as ten other trade books. His groundbreaking work established the modern field of mind body medicine. Dr. Benson is the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Content
CONTENTS
Foreword
1. A Search for Something That Lasts
2. Remembered Wellness
3. The Nature of Belief
4. The Brain's Prerogative
5. Medicine's Spiritual Crisis
6. The Relaxation Response
7. The Faith Factor and the Spiritual Experience
8. Faith Heals
9. Wired for God
10. Optimal Medicine, Optimal Health
11. Trust Your Instincts, Trust Your Doctor
12. The Ills of Information
13. Timeless Healing
A Disclosure of Belief
Appendix: Relaxation Audio- and Videotapes
References
Index