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Biomedicine
Data on biomedicine reported by researchers at University of Amsterdam
September 9th, 2008
"The standard notion is that biomedicine and religious healing are two completely different practices in modern Western societies. In this article, this notion is questioned by comparing in the Netherlands one practice of religious healing, namely the 'Services of salvation and healing' of the Pentecostal Levensstroom gemeente (Livingstream Church) of Jan Zijlstra, and one practice of biomedicine, namely the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Cancer Hospital (AvL)," scientists in Netherlands report. "What are the differences and possible similarities between these two' Starting from a cultural approach and after the description of these two practices, they are compared with respect...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-09)
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