Dr Hamilton's Publications

Dr. Hamilton has authored many works for academic, scientific, medical and lay audiences including:

Books:

Allan J. Hamilton, MD, (Foreword by Dr. Andrew Weil): The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery the Supernatual and the Healing Power of Hope, New York, Tarcher Division, Penguin Books, 2008

Lay Audience & General Readership Articles:

The Ultimate Health Practice
Spirituality & Health, Jan/Feb 2011 Issue
Why is the smartest, most adaptable creature on the planet hardwired to stop talking, lose its sense of self, and feel at one with the world — in a profound state of listening? The answer — from the deep roots of Earth religions — could not only save your life but our species. It always has...
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Dr. Hamilton was made a contributing editor to Spirituality & Health 2011.

Four Awakenings to Compassion - Lessons From The Minds of Whales
Spirituality & Health July/Aug, 2010
The ability to decipher an artificially derieved symbolic language is a trait shared only between Cetaceans and humans. Read Article

Neurons of Compassion
Spirituality & Health July/Aug, 2009
**"Neurons of Compassion" was chosen by editorial staff at Spirituality & Health as one of top 10 artivles published in 2010!
Like most great scientific breakthroughs, the discovery of the human mirror neuron system was an accident.What may end up being the most important neuroscientific discovery of the 21st century was uncovered serendipitously because of an ice cream cone.
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Healing Prayers That Work
Spirituality & Health March/April 2008
If you perceive you're being prayed for and you are being pryed for, you'll likely feel better. Read Article

My Grandfather's Lipizzan
Haute Ecole, Volume 19, Issue 1
Dr. Hamilton recounts the arrival of the first colt from his Lipizzan breeding program, and weaves through century of his family's history that connected his Vienesse grandfather's devotion to the breed, to his own.
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Playing Doctor
Spring 2009 Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin
Television physicians have devolved from saints to sinners without sacrificing ratings.Read PDF Article

Additional Magazine Articles:

Discovering the Heart of Medicine in an African Jungle, Harvard Med. Alum. Bull. 56:10-12, 1982
Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die, Newsweek, March 26, p 15, 1984 (Guest Columnist, "My Turn")
Healing Prayers That Work, Spirituality & Health, Mar-Apr 2008
Best Practice:Patience, Spirituality & Health, Jul-Aug 2008
The Still Small Voice, Harvard Medical Alum Bull. 82:46-51, 2008
Soul and the Scalpel, Personal Excellence-The Magazine of Life Leadership, September 2008, p1-2

Dr. Hamilton has also authored numerous scientific, medical and technical works. You may view a list here.