Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine

Capturing the attention of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the presidential task force on health care, Dr. Dossey’s provocative book shares recent evidence linking prayer, healing, and medicine. Calling for a bold new integration of science and spirituality, Dossey shares case studies and anecdotes that illustrate those methods of prayer offering the greatest potential for healing. In addition to summarizing a convincing array of scientific tests and studies that support the power of prayer to positively affect healing, Dossey blasts the idea that illness is the patient’s fault and that physical health always reflects spiritual health. He points out that many saints and holy men have suffered from terrible physical maladies, including some of the same illnesses that they reportedly healed in others.