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1: Holist Nurs Pract. 2007 Nov-Dec;21(6):324-8. Links

How does spirituality affect physical health? A conceptual review.

Dyer J.

School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jade.Dyer@med.monash.edu.au

Spirituality is thought to have a beneficial impact on physical health and mortality, yet experimental findings are mixed in their support of this assumption. This article examines the most persuasive experimental evidence that spiritual beliefs influence physical health and explores the mediating factors that may explain how this connection operates.

PMID: 17978636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]