Prayer Is Good Medicine: How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer
Since Larry Dossey wrote his first book,Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine, he has toured the world meeting with audiences as diverse as Pentagon employees, church groups, and the British parliament. Regardless of the audience, Dossey noticed that most everyone seems interested in four general discussions: the scientific evidence for prayer, the controversies associated with prayer experiments, what prayer is, and how to pray.Prayer Is Good Medicinedivides these discussions into four neatly contained sections. As prayer moves into the center stage of Western medicinePrayer Is Good Medicineacts as a modern-day prayer book as well as an ethical touchstone for healers and seekers.