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Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients
Herbert Benson, Jeffery A. Dusek, et al. · 2006 · American Heart Journal
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Multicenter randomized trial of distant intercessory prayer for 1,802 cardiac bypass patients. Patients receiving prayer (without knowing it) had no better outcomes than the no-prayer control; patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate of complications.
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The largest, best-funded trial of distant intercessory prayer to date. Null result.
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- Authors
- Herbert Benson, Jeffery A. Dusek, et al.
- Year
- 2006
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- American Heart Journal
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- Journal article
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- Verified
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