Format:
1 online resource (317 pages)
ISBN:
9780198032816
Content:
This book is the first to present new medical research establishing a connection between religion and health. It examines the subsequent implications for Eastern and Western religious traditions and for society and culture.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.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. The Connection between Psychoneuroimmunology and Religion -- 2. The Development and History of Psychoneuroimmunology -- 3. Understanding How Stress Affects the Physical Body -- 4. Stress, Natural Killer Cells, and Cancer -- 5. Psychosocial Interventions and Prognosis in Cancer -- 6. Psychosocial Stress, Social Networks, and Susceptibility to Infection -- 7. Psychosocial Factors, Immunity, and Wound Healing -- 8. Psychosocial Factors, Spirituality/Religiousness, and Immune Function in HIV/AIDS Patients -- 9. Hostility, Neuroendocrine Changes, and Health Outcomes -- 10. Psychological Stress and Autoimmune Disease -- 11. Immune, Neuroendocrine, and Religious Measures -- 12. Psychoneuroimmunology and Eastern Religious Traditions -- 13. Psychoneuroimmunology and Western Religious Traditions -- 14. Psychoneuroimmunology and Religion: Implications for Society and Culture -- 15. Avenues for Future Research -- Conclusions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195143607
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The link between religion and health New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 ISBN 0195143604
Additional Edition:
Print version The Link between Religion and Health : Psychoneuroimmunology and the Faith Factor
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
,
Theology
Keywords:
Psychoneuroimmunologie
;
Krankheit
;
Psychoneuroimmunologie
;
Glaube
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Author information:
Koenig, Harold G. 1951-
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