The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a Mind-Body Intervention in a Virtual World

Daniel B. Hoch; Alice J. Watson; Deborah A. Linton; Heather E. Bello; Marco Senelly; Mariola T. Milik; Margaret A. Baim; Kamal Jethwani; Gregory L. Fricchione; Herbert Benson; Joseph C. Kvedar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033843

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The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a Mind-Body Intervention in a Virtual World

Daniel B. Hoch ,

* E-mail: dhoch@partners.org

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alice J. Watson,

Affiliation Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Deborah A. Linton,

Affiliation Health 2.0, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Heather E. Bello,

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marco Senelly,

Affiliation OneVision Solutions Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Mariola T. Milik,

Affiliation The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Margaret A. Baim,

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kamal Jethwani,

Affiliations Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gregory L. Fricchione,

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Herbert Benson,

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Joseph C. Kvedar

Affiliations Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a Mind-Body Intervention in a Virtual World

Daniel B. Hoch,
Alice J. Watson,
Deborah A. Linton,
Heather E. Bello,
Marco Senelly,
Mariola T. Milik,
Margaret A. Baim,
Kamal Jethwani,
Gregory L. Fricchione,
Herbert Benson

Published: March 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033843

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