Dr. David Spiegel is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral studies at California’s Stanford University School of Medicine and a leader in the field of psychosomatic research and psychoneuroendocrinology/oncology. Spiegel’s 1989 study showed that not only did supportive-expressive group therapy improve quality of life in women with metastatic breast cancer, it significantly enhanced survival time. This research, which appeared in The Lancet (Oct. 14, 1989) and was featured in the Bill Moyers special Healing and the Mind, spawned a new area of research on the health effects of psychosocial support. In 1998, Spiegel opened the Center for Integrative Medicine at the medical school, and he is the center’s medical director. He is the author of Living Beyond Limits: New Hope and Help for Facing Life-Threatening Illness (Ballantine Books, 1994).
| Website | http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/faculty/David_Spiegel/ |
| Email address | dspiegel@stanford.edu |
| Phone number | 650-723-6421 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, education, Health care, Science & health, Society & culture |
| Locations | California, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Languages | English |