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Nature Medicine 11, 1259 (2005)
Published online: 30 November 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm1205-1259

Spirituality's rising role in medicine stirs debate

Paroma Basu1

  1. Madison


Critics say religion has no place in science.


Science and religion straddle disparate worlds, periodically creating tense standoffs—as in the recent disputes about intelligent design and the Dalai Lama's lecture at a large neuroscience meeting. Amidst those debates, some researchers are posing the contentious question: is spirituality good for health?

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