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The link between religion and health : psychoneuroimmunology and the faith factor / edited by Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen.

Contributor(s): Koenig, Harold G. (Harold George), 1951- | Cohen, Harvey Jay
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002Description: xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195143604 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Psychoneuroimmunology | Faith -- Physiological aspectsDDC classification: 616.07/9 LOC classification: QP356.47 | .L56 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
connection between psychoneuroimmunology and religion / Harold G. Koenig -- development and history of psychoneuroimmunology / George F. Solomon -- Understanding how stress affects the physical body / Bruce S. Rabin -- Stress, natural killer cells, and cancer / Ronald B. Herberman -- Psychosocial interventions and prognosis in cancer / David Spiegel, Fawzy I. Fawzy -- Psychosocial stress, social networks, and susceptibility to infection / Sheldon Cohen -- Psychosocial factors, immunity, and wound healing / Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen -- Psychosocial factors, spirituality/religiousness, and immune function in HIV/AIDS patients / Gail Ironson, Neil Schneiderman -- Hostility, neuroendocrine changes, and health outcomes / Redford B. Williams -- Psychological stress and autoimmune disease / Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen -- Immune, neuroendocrine, and religious measures / Bruce S. Rabin, Harold G. Koenig -- Psychoneuroimmunology and eastern religious traditions / Paul J. Griffiths -- Psychoneuroimmunology and western religious traditions / Warren S. Brown -- Psychoneuroimmunology and religion: Implications for society and culture / Howard L. Kaye -- Avenues for future research / Harvey Jay Cohen, Harold G. Koenig.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The connection between psychoneuroimmunology and religion / Harold G. Koenig -- The development and history of psychoneuroimmunology / George F. Solomon -- Understanding how stress affects the physical body / Bruce S. Rabin -- Stress, natural killer cells, and cancer / Ronald B. Herberman -- Psychosocial interventions and prognosis in cancer / David Spiegel, Fawzy I. Fawzy -- Psychosocial stress, social networks, and susceptibility to infection / Sheldon Cohen -- Psychosocial factors, immunity, and wound healing / Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen -- Psychosocial factors, spirituality/religiousness, and immune function in HIV/AIDS patients / Gail Ironson, Neil Schneiderman -- Hostility, neuroendocrine changes, and health outcomes / Redford B. Williams -- Psychological stress and autoimmune disease / Harold G. Koenig, Harvey Jay Cohen -- Immune, neuroendocrine, and religious measures / Bruce S. Rabin, Harold G. Koenig -- Psychoneuroimmunology and eastern religious traditions / Paul J. Griffiths -- Psychoneuroimmunology and western religious traditions / Warren S. Brown -- Psychoneuroimmunology and religion: Implications for society and culture / Howard L. Kaye -- Avenues for future research / Harvey Jay Cohen, Harold G. Koenig.

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