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Mobilizing the life force: An approach to the problem of arousing the sick patient's will to live

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  1. Program in Religion and Psychiatry, USA

    Lawrence L. LeShan (Research Psychologist) & Jack C. Greenawalt (Administrator, Professor of Psychiatry and Religion)

  2. Union Theological Seminary, USA

    Lawrence L. LeShan (Research Psychologist) & Jack C. Greenawalt (Administrator, Professor of Psychiatry and Religion)

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This article originally appeared in a slightly condensed version inPsychosomatic Aspects of Neoplastic Disease: The Proceedings of the Third International Psychosomatic Cancer Study Group held at Newnham College, Cambridge, England, July 22–26, 1963, edited by D. M. Kissen and L. L. LeShan (Pitman Medical Publishing Co., Ltd., 46 Charlotte Street, London, W. 1, England, 1964.) This work was done during the time the author was Chief of the Department of Psychology at The Institute of Applied Biology in New York City, and the project was made possible by a research grant from Frederick Ayer II. The writer wishes to express his deep appreciation to Marthe Gassmann, M.D., who served as Control Therapist for these psychotherapies and contributed greatly to these formulations. Eda LeShan, M.A., also has made major contributions to this work and has the writer's gratitude.

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LeShan, L.L., Greenawalt, J.C. Mobilizing the life force: An approach to the problem of arousing the sick patient's will to live. Pastoral Psychol 17, 19–30 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01845888

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