Biofield Science and Healing Special Issue

This special issue, published by Global Advances in Health and Medicine Journal (GAHMJ), reflects a rich tapestry of knowledge and perspectives on Biofield Science and Healing and the CHI community. We hope that you enjoy the content in good health.

These articles include the perspectives of top researchers in philosophy, physics, preclinical studies, physiology, clinical studies, device studies, distant intentionality studies, practitioner perspectives, and sociological perspectives. The collective intention behind this special issue is to help pave the way for interdisciplinary collaborations and accelerate the integration of biofield research into the mainstream of scientific inquiry.

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Access all thirteen articles below.

• Exploring the Biofield
  Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN; Rob Saper, MD, MPH

• Biofield Science and Healing: An Emerging Frontier in Medicine
  Shamini Jain, PhD; John Ives, PhD; Wayne Jonas, MD; Richard Hammerschlag, PhD; David Muehsam, PhD; Cassandra Vieten, PhD; Daniel Vicario, MD; Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP; Rauni Pritten King, RN, MIH, CHTPI; Erminia Guarneri, MD, FACC

• Biofield Science and Healing: History, Terminology, and Concepts
  Beverly Rubik, PhD; David Muehsam, PhD; Richard Hammerschlag, PhD; Shamini Jain, PhD

• Indo-Tibetan Philosophical and Medical Systems: Perspectives on the Biofield
  Shamini Jain, PhD; Jennifer Daubenmier, PhD; David Muehsam, PhD; Lopsang Rapgay, PhD; Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP

• Biofield Science: Current Physics Perspectives
  Menas C. Kafatos, PhD; Gaétan Chevalier, PhD; Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP; John Hubacher, MA; Subhash Kak, PhD; Neil D. Theise, MD

• Biofield Physiology: A Framework for an Emerging Discipline
  Richard Hammerschlag, PhD; Michael Levin, PhD; Rollin McCraty, PhD; Namuun Bat, BA; John A. Ives, PhD; Susan K. Lutgendorf, PhD; James L. Oschman, PhD

• An Overview of Biofield Devices
  David Muehsam, PhD; Gaétan Chevalier, PhD; Tiffany Barsotti, MTh; Blake T. Gurfein, PhD

• Challenges for Preclinical Investigations of Human Biofield Modalities
  Gloria Gronowicz, PhD; William Bengston, PhD; Garret Yount, PhD

• Clinical Studies of Biofield Therapies: Summary, Methodological Challenges, and Recommendations
  Shamini Jain, PhD; Richard Hammerschlag, PhD; Paul Mills, PhD; Lorenzo Cohen, PhD; Richard Krieger, MD; Cassandra Vieten, PhD; Susan Lutgendorf, PhD

• Distant Healing Intention Therapies: An Overview of the Scientific Evidence
  Dean Radin, PhD; Marilyn Schlitz, PhD; Christopher Baur

• A Consideration of the Perspectives of Healing Practitioners on Research Into Energy Healing
  Sara L. Warber, MD; Rosalyn L. Bruyere, DD; Ken Weintrub, MA; Paul Dieppe MD, FRCP, FFPH

• Barriers to the Entry of Biofield Healing into “Mainstream” Healthcare
  David J. Hufford, PhD; Meredith Sprengel, MS; John A. Ives, PhD; Wayne Jonas, MD

• Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Biofield Practitioners in Global health and Medicine: A White Paper
  Erminia Guarneri, MD, FACC; Rauni Prittinen King, RN, MIH, CHTPI