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Observations on Prayer as a Viable Treatment Intervention: A Brief
Review for Healthcare Providers
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Matthew R. Kutz,
PhD, M.Ed., ATC.
Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL
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Citation: Kutz, M. Observations on prayer as a viable treatment intervention: A brief
review for healthcare provider. The Internet Journal of Allied Health
Sciences and Practice. January 2004. Volume 2 Number 1.
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ABSTRACT
Prayer continues to gain much notoriety and
attention as a medical intervention. There are many places now
advocating spirituality as a form of health care. As clinical
practices seek to enhance the quality of care given, attention
should be given to the implementation of prayer into clinical
practice. Family physicians have begun dialogue over how to
take a spiritual history or inventory of their patients in order to
assist in recovery and prevention if illness and disease.1
Larimore1 reports that 99% of surveyed
family physicians (n=296) believe that religious beliefs can heal,
75% believe other people’s prayers (i.e., intercessory prayer) can
promote healing.
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