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Scientific, Paranormal, And Spiritual Frames In Alternative Medicine, Charles F. Emmons
Scientific, Paranormal, And Spiritual Frames In Alternative Medicine, Charles F. Emmons
Friday Forum
Although the term “integrative medicine” is being used to refer to the merging of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with standard biomedicine, there are some spiritual and paranormal frames for alternative medicine that are only partially integrated into standard medicine if at all. This study examines the orientations of some alternative practitioners and clients/users in the U.S. and the UK in terms of their views of science, spirituality and the paranormal.
Doing Well By Doing Good Benefits For The Benefactor, Aneka Khilnani
Doing Well By Doing Good Benefits For The Benefactor, Aneka Khilnani
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review
This study seeks to examine if volunteering affects mental and physical health and examine if health behaviors or social participation affect the association between volunteering and perceived mental and physical health.
Method and Data: Using a logistic regression model, data from a cross-sectional study that obtained a statewide representative sample of Texas adults, N=1409, was used to predict an adult’s perceived mental and physical health in relation to volunteering, after controlling for the effects of health behaviors and social participation.
Results: Adults who do not volunteer have an increased odds of reporting poor perceived physical and mental health. After controlling …
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review Spring 2018
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review Spring 2018
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review
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