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Article: Religious people work harder to stall death: study.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- March 26, 2009
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Religious people work harder to stall death: study
Washington, Mar 26 (PTI) You might think religious people would be most comfortable with the idea of death, but a fascinating study suggests that the most religious among us work harder to stall the inevitable.
The research, based on questions put to 345 advanced cancer patients at seven hospital and cancer centers around the United States, showed starkly different results for the very religious and the not so.
The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that religious people work harder to stall death. The patients identified as positive religious copers ...