PSC 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heart Rate, Harold G. Koenig, Calmness
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Religious & spiritual factors in health & illness. An acknowledgment of the limits to scientific medicine (a single - minded emphasis on statistics & machines) The results of well - controlled studies of the impact of religious practice on health care outcomes. Us beliefs - faith, prayer, & health. 79 % - believe spiritual faith can help one recover from illness, injury, or disease. 56% - belie their faith helped them recover from illness, injury, or disease. 63% - believe doctors should talk to patients about their spiritual faith. 82% - believe in healing power of personal prayer. 77% - believe that god can intervene to cure those with a serious illness. 73% - believe that praying for another can help cure their illness. The event - a spiritual opportunity or lesson. Personal / impersonal force - god or karma. Ex: widow finding coins that match dates of important events in her deceased husband"s life.
