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Church-Based Interventions
Throughout history, physical health has been a common component of the philosophy and the activities of religious organizations (ROs). However, as modern medicine emerged and intensive training and technology became the norm for the provider, medicine assumed more responsibility for physical health and ROs concentrated more on spiritual health. ROs did not ignore physical health, but their primary emphasis was on helping people with diseases to cope, rather than on disease prevention. As medicine continued to become more of a profession, the emphasis ...
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