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Timeless Healing : The Power and Biology of Belief
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Author: Herbert Benson
Publisher: Fireside
Back cover (view larger image)Actual Dimensions: 0.87 x 8.45 x 5.49 See all 33 sample pages Or Use 1-ClickSign in to turn on 1-Click ordering. From Booklist Benson pursued the relationships between medicine and belief for years before founding Harvards Mind/Body Institute in 1988. Here, with Starks writing help, he reports many scientific studies of this relationship, of the placebo effect, and especially of the "remembered wellness" (i.e., desire for health) effect. His three-legged stool of health and well-being--pharmaceuticals, surgery and other procedures, and self-care--helps keep him fo cused as he explores the reasons for the occurrence of remembered wellness and the mechanisms by which it acts. Many physicians do not want to admit the effectiveness of remembered wellness because it cannot be seen or quantified, but Benson points out that only 15 percent of medical treatments are based on "reliable medical evidence" and that emotions, feelings, and traditions must be borne in mind. In the last chapters, he looks particularly at the roles that religion, faith, and spiritual experiences play in healing. William Beatty. . . .Read More
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