American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 4 , Pages 934-942, April 2006

Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: A multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer

  • Herbert Benson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mind/Body Medical Institute and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Herbert Benson, MD, Mind/Body Medical Institute, 824 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
    • Drs Benson, Dusek, and Hibberd contributed equally to this article.
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  • Jeffery A. Dusek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mind/Body Medical Institute and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Drs Benson, Dusek, and Hibberd contributed equally to this article.
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  • Jane B. Sherwood, RN

      Affiliations

    • Consultant to the Mind/Body Medical Institute.
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  • Peter Lam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Consultant to the Mind/Body Medical Institute.
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  • Charles F. Bethea, MD

      Affiliations

    • Oklahoma Heart Institute, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • William Carpenter, MDiv

      Affiliations

    • Pastoral Care, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • Sidney Levitsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • CareGroup, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Peter C. Hill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
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  • Donald W. Clem Jr., MA

      Affiliations

    • Pastoral Care, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
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  • Manoj K. Jain, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Memphis, TN
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  • David Drumel, MDiv

      Affiliations

    • Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Memphis, TN
    • Pastoral Care, Memphis, TN
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  • Stephen L. Kopecky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Physician Alliance for Clinical Trials, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
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  • Paul S. Mueller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
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  • Dean Marek

      Affiliations

    • Chaplain Services, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
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  • Sue Rollins, RN, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Oklahoma Heart Institute, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Drs Benson, Dusek, and Hibberd contributed equally to this article.
    • Consultant to the Mind/Body Medical Institute.

Received 5 January 2005; accepted 6 May 2005.

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 This study was supported by the John Templeton Foundation. The Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation supported the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation site only.

PII: S0002-8703(05)00649-6

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028

American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 4 , Pages 934-942, April 2006

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