Dr. Larry Dossey is the former Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital and has lectured in medical schools and hospitals throughout the USA. He talks of the healing benefits of spirituality and of the importance of mind - body - spirit. In 1988 he delivered the annual Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, India. He is the only physician ever invited to do so.
In 1993, only three of the United States' 125 medical schools offered any sort of course work exploring the area of spirituality and medicine. Today over 90 of these medical schools have formal courses where they explore randomized controlled studies and the effects of spiritual practices on longevity and health outcomes with very beneficial results.
