Thats the stuff! Thanks for the refs, and no, I didn't even think to say a
little prayer (maybe thats why it came).
In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.971016144713.4003A-100000 at Hera> sblack at UBISHOPS.CA
(Stephen Black) writes:>From: sblack at UBISHOPS.CA (Stephen Black)
>Subject: Re: Effective Prayer
>Date: 16 Oct 1997 12:23:20 -0700
>On Thu, 16 Oct 1997 uhs0403 at ohsu.edu wrote:
>> I remember a study some time back in which prayer and religious faith was
>> compared with non-religious (scientific) treatments. Prayer and religious
>> affiliation was associated with slightly worse outcomes. I wish I had the
>> ref.
>> And in research on shipwrecks and accidents, the presence of clergy was
>> associated with a higher probability of the plane crashing, train wrecking or
>> the ship sinking.
>>
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>-Stephen
>References not given above
>Cox, B. (1997). Testing the power of prayer. Science, 276, after May 9
> [sorry about the inexact reference]
>Rabinowitz, F. (1984). The heredity-environment controversy: A Victorian
> legacy. Canadian Psychology, 25, 159--
>Rousch, W. (1997). Herbert Benson: Mind-body maverick pushes the envelope.
> Science, 276, 357--
>Heilig, J. (1997). Testing the power of belief. Science, May 9, p. 891.
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