The Link between Religion and Health : Psychoneuroimmunology and the Faith Factor

Contributors
Introduction, Harold G. Koenig and Harvey Jay Cohen
1. The Connection between Psychoneuroimmunology and Religion, Harold G. Koenig
2. The Development and History of Psychoneuroimmunology, George F. Solomon
3. Understanding How Stress Affects the Physical Body, Bruce S. Rabin
4. Stress, Natural Killer Cells, and Cancer, Ronald B. Herberman
5. Psychosocial Interventions and Prognosis in Cancer, David Spiegel and Fawzy I. Fawzy
6. Psychosocial Stress, Social Networks, and Susceptibility to Infection, Sheldon Cohen
7. Psychosocial Factors, Immunity, and Wound Healing, Harold G. Koenig and Harvey Jay Cohen
8. Psychosocial Factors, Spirituality/Religiousness, and Immune Function in HIV/AIDS Patients, Gail Ironson and Neil Schneiderman Patients
9. Hostility, Neuroendocrine Changes, and Health Outcomes, Redford B. Williams
10. Psychological Stress and Autoimmune Disease, Harold G. Koenig and Harvey Jay Cohen
11. Immune, Neuroendocrine, and Religious Measures, Bruce S. Rabin and Harold G. Koenig
12. Psychoneuroimmunology and Eastern Religious Traditions, Paul J. Griffiths
13. Psychoneuroimmunology and Western Religious Traditions, Warren S. Brown
14. Psychoneuroimmunology and Religion: Implications for Society and Culture, Howard L. Kaye
15. Avenues for Future Research, Harvey Jay Cohen and Harold G. Koenig
Conclusions, Harold G. Koenig
Index

Keywords: MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine MED004000