Personal Prayer in Patients Dealing with Chronic Illness: A Review of the Research Literature

Background. Prayer is commonly used among patients for health purposes. Therefore, this review focused on three main questions: (1) why do people turn to prayer in times of illness?, (2) what are the main topics of their prayers?, and (3) how do they pray? Method. We undertook a systematic review of...

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Main Authors: Karin Jors, Arndt Büssing, Niels Christian Hvidt, Klaus Baumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/927973