Dossey, Larry

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DOSSEY, Larry

DOSSEY, Larry. American, b. 1940. Genres: Medicine/Health. Career: Medical doctor; author of books on spirituality and medicine. Dallas Diagnostic Association, physician (Internal Medicine); Medical City Dallas Hospital, chief of staff; Isthmus Institute of Dallas, president; National Institutes of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine, Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, co-chair; Alternative Therapies, executive editor. Publications: Space, Time, and Medicine, 1982; Beyond Illness: Discovering the Experience of Health, 1984; Recovering the Soul: A Scientific and Spiritual Search, 1989; Meaning and Medicine: Lessons from a Doctor's Tales of Breakthrough and Healing, 1991; Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine, 1993; Prayer Is Good Medicine: How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer, 1996; Be Careful What You Pray for… You Just Might Get It: What We Can Do about the Unintentional Effects of Our Thoughts, Prayers, and Wishes, 1997. Contributor to periodicals. Address: c/o author Mail, 7th Floor, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022, U.S.A.

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