Drawing on 25 years experience as a physician and researcher, Dr. Herbert Benson reveals scientific evidence that humans are "wired for God"--genetically designed to believe in a higher power. Dr. Benson shows how, with the help of their doctors, patients can employ their beliefs to heal more than 60 percent of medical problems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
CONTENTS
Foreword
1. A Search for Something That Lasts
2. Remembered Wellness
3. The Nature of Belief
4. The Brain's Prerogative
5. Medicine's Spiritual Crisis
6. The Relaxation Response
7. The Faith Factor and the Spiritual Experience
8. Faith Heals
9. Wired for God
10. Optimal Medicine, Optimal Health
11. Trust Your Instincts, Trust Your Doctor
12. The Ills of Information
13. Timeless Healing
A Disclosure of Belief
Appendix: Relaxation Audio- and Videotapes
References
Index
