Medicine, Religion, and Health - Where Science & Spirituality Meet

Informationen zum Autor Harold G. Koenig, MD, is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and geriatric medicine. He is on the faculty at Duke as professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and associate professor of medicine. Dr. Koenig is Director of Duke’s Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with over 350 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and close to 40 books in print or in preparation. He is also a registered nurse. Klappentext "Dr. Koenig's lifelong research success fully bridges the chasm between health and well-being on the one side, and religion and spirituality on the other. In so doing, we are given scientifically based guidelines that allow us to be happier and more-fulfilled." -- Herbert Benson, M.D. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction / 3 Chapter 1: Terms of the Debate / 9 Chapter 2: Medicine in the Twenty-first Century / 21 Chapter 3: From Mind to Body / 37 Chapter 4: Religion and Health / 54 Chapter 5: Mental Health / 68 Chapter 6: The Immune and Endocrine Systems / 82 Chapter 7: The Cardiovascular System / 96 Chapter 8: Diseases Related to Stress and Behavior / 113 Chapter 9: Longevity / 129 Chapter 10: Physical Disability / 146 Chapter 11: Clinical Applications / 156 Chapter 12: Final Thoughts / 172 Appendix: Further Resources / 175 Notes / 195 Index / 227

Product details

• Authors: Harold G Koenig, Harold G. Koenig, Harold George Koenig
• Publisher: Templeton foundation press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9781599471419
• ISBN: 978-1-59947-141-9
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Templeton Science & Religion; Templeton Science & Religion; Templeton Science and Religion; Templeton Science and Religion Series
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Klinische und Innere Medizin, Medizinische Grundversorgung, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, Religion - Socialissues, RELIGION / Religion & Science