Proceeding Oct 00 Overview

The Science and Spirituality of Healing
Old Salem, North Carolina
October 26-29, 2000

Sponsors

Laurance Rockefeller Family Foundation
Samueli Center, University of California, Irvine
Duke University
The Institute of Noetic Sciences
University of California, San Diego
Wake Forest University
New Creek Foundation

Purpose &  Focus

To establish a uniquely balanced forum of leading scientists and practitioners that supports the dialogue relevant to a critical review of past publications, present clinical trials, and future needs and goals for work in the areas of spirituality, energy, intentionality and consciousness. Efforts will be directed toward discussion of the methods, ethics and practical issues involved in research on spirituality and healing; the development of new collaborative relationships and contributions to the vision of key research agendas.

Audience

Basic and clinical research scientists, health providers, government officials involved in research policy

Outcome

Conference Proceedings were published June 2002. A book (LINK TO BOOK) containing the edited papers, an annotated bibliography and summaries of the discussion was published by Churchill Livingstone in 2003.

Table of Contents

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE COMMENTS
Wayne B Jonas, MD
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD
Mitchell W Krucoff, MD

BRIDGING WORLDS AND FILLING GAPS INT HE SCIENCE OF HEALING 
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD

RELIGION AND HEALTH: SOCIAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC PERSPECTIVES
Linda K. George, PhD

IINTERCESSORY PRAYER AND HEALING PRAYER IN HUMANS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALS
John Astin, MD

DIRECT MENTAL INTERACTIONS WITH LIVING SYSTEMS (DMILS): ASSESSING HEALING IN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL LAB: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Stefan Schmidt, PhD

META-ANALYSIS OF MIND-MATTER INTERACTION EXPERIMENTS: 1959-2000
Dean Radin, PhD
Roger Nelson, PhD

FIELDREG EXPERIMENTS AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS: EXTENDING REG/RNG RESEARCH TO REAL-WORLD SITUATION
Roger Nelson, PhD
Dean Radin, PhD

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF ENERGY HEALING RESEARCH 
Sara Warber, MD
Gaia LM Kile, MSN, NP
Brenda W Gillespie, PhD 

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF QIGONG AND AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 
Juliann Kiang, PhD
Ping Y Lu, PhD

QIGONG AND HYPERTENSION: RESEARCH CRITIQUE AND TREATMENT OVERVIEW
Michael Mayer, PhD

MUSIC THERAPY RESEARCH: A REVIEW OF REFERENCES IN THE MEDICAL LITERATURE
David Aldridge, PhD

THE IMPACT OF HEALING IN A GENERAL CLINICAL PRACTICE
Tim Harlow, MD

EXPLANATORY MODELS FOR GUIDING SPIRITUALITY AND HEALING RESEARCH
Wayne B Jonas, MD

THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF HEALING PRACTICES
M. Allan Cooperstein, PhD

DESCRIPTORS AND OUTCOME MEASURES 
Sean O’Laoire, PhD

STATISTICAL ISSUES IN HEALING RESEARCH 
Jessica Utts, PhD

PRACTICAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER 
Jeffery A Dusek, PhD
Jane Sherwood, RN

OUTCOMES RESEARCH: COSTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Harald Walach, PhD

METHODS AND ISSUES OF LABORATORY RESEARCH 
Garret Yount, PhD
Yifang Qian, MD, PhD
Jerry Solfvin, PhD

WILLFUL INTENT AND BIOLOGICAL NONLOCALITY: A PROPOSED PARADIGM WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALING INTENTIONALITY
Fred H Thaheld

CHALLENGES FOR HEALING AND INTENTIONALITY RESEARCH: CAUSATIONAND INFORMATION
Edwin May, PhD

BARRIERS TO HEALING'S ENTRY INTO "MAINSTREAM" SCIENCE
David Hufford, PhD

HEALTH CARE IN RENAISSANCE: A CHARIOT DRAWN BY TWO DOLPHINS
Jay Moskowitz, PhD

Contributing Authors

David Aldridge, PhD
Qualitative Research in Medicine
Universitat Witten/Herdecke

John Astin, MD
Complementary Medicine Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Ronald A. Chez MD
Samueli Institute

M. Allan Cooperstein, PhD

Jeffrey A Dusek, PhD
Mind/Body Medical Institute
Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Linda K George, PhD
Duke University

Brenda W Gillespie PhD
University of Michigan
Center for Statistical Consultation and
Research

Dr. Tim Harlow
College Surgery
England

David Hufford, PhD
Department of Humanities
Pennsylvania State University
College of medicine

Wayne B Jonas MD
Samueli Institute

Juliann G Kiang, PhD
Department of Cellular Injury
WRAIR at Forest Glen Annex

Gaia L M Kile MSN, NP
University of Michigan
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center

Sean O’Laoire, PhD
Companions on the Journey

Ping Y Lu PhD
Burller Information Architects Inc

Edwin May, PhD
Cognitive Sciences Laboratory

Michael Mayer, PhD
The Psychotherapy & Healing Center

Jay Moskowitz, PhD
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine

Roger Nelson, PhD
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research

Yifang Qian MD, PhD
Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute
California Pacific Medical Center

Dean Radin, PhD
Institute of Noetic Sciences

Marilyn Schlitz PhD
Institute of Noetic Sciences

Stefan Schmidt, PhD
Forschungsprojekt Nexus IUK
Universtitatsklinikum Freiburg
Institut fur Umweltmedizin und

Jane Sherwood, RN
Harvard Medical School
School of Public Health
Mind/Body Medical Institute

Jerry Solfvin PhD
Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute
California Pacific Medical Center

Fred H Thaheld

Jessica Utts, PhD
University of California, Davis
Department of Statistics

Harald Walach, PhD
Klinikum der Universitat
Institut fur Umweltmedizin und
Krankenhaushygiene

Sara L Warber, MD
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Research Center

Garret Yount, PhD
Geraldine Brush Cancer Research
Institute
California Pacific Medical Center

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