HEALTH: They do not effect recovery. They may well affect recovery, generally negatively. I can imagine someone's belief that s/he is going to die causing that person to die more clearly than I can imagine (...)

How do patient beliefs or superstitions effect recovery?

Whohub

They do not effect recovery. They may well affect recovery, generally negatively. I can imagine someone's belief that s/he is going to die causing that person to die more clearly than I can imagine a tumor's receding strictly due to the patient's believing there is no cancer. NOTE: if you actually meant "affect" you should change the question.