From efficacy to safety concerns: a STEP forward or a step back for clinical research and intercessory prayer? The Study of Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP)

Editorial

Mitchell W Krucoff et al. Am Heart J. 2006 Apr.

. 2006 Apr;151(4):762-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.031.

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Comment in

Intercessory prayer.
Dorn Jm. Dorn Jm. Am Heart J. 2006 Sep;152(3):e25. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.05.026. Am Heart J. 2006. PMID: 16923400 No abstract available.
A step towards more ethical prayer studies.
Hobbins P. Hobbins P. Am Heart J. 2006 Oct;152(4):e33. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.06.033. Am Heart J. 2006. PMID: 16996815 No abstract available.

Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer.
Benson H, Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Lam P, Bethea CF, Carpenter W, Levitsky S, Hill PC, Clem DW Jr, Jain MK, Drumel D, Kopecky SL, Mueller PS, Marek D, Rollins S, Hibberd PL. Benson H, et al. Am Heart J. 2006 Apr;151(4):934-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028. Am Heart J. 2006. PMID: 16569567 Clinical Trial.