ArticleJournal of religion and health2015
Physicians in the USA: Attendance, Beliefs and Patient Interactions.
Article in Journal of religion and health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Spirituality and Religiosity of Internal Medicine Physicians in the USA: Results from a National Survey.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Religion and Spirituality in Medical Care from the Patient Perspective in Camden County, New Jersey, USA: An Exploratory Study.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- GPs´ Personal Spirituality, Their Attitude and Spiritual Competence: A Cross-Sectional Study in German General Practices.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- The NERSH Questionnaire and Pool of Data from 12 Countries: Development and Description.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Spiritual and Religious Healing Practices: Some Reflections from Saudi National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Riyadh.Journal of religion and health · 2020Review
- Influence of Physicians' Beliefs on Propensity to Include Religion/Spirituality in Patient Interactions.Journal of religion and health · 2018Article
- Religion, Spirituality and Folk Medicine/Superstition in a Neonatal Unit.Journal of religion and health · 2017Article
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Abstract
While much religion-health research depends on social support explanations, little is known about whether religious support is also a part of clinical interactions. How many physicians include religious/spiritual topics in clinical conversations? What characteristics are related to inclusion or avoidance? Using a national sample (n = 1,144), this study provides an overview of religious beliefs and practices of physicians in the USA and their patient interactions. Physician attendance rates are related to the inclusion of religious/spiritual topics, but the religious/spiritual orientation of physicians more closely relates to religious/spiritual patient interactions. Further, some physician specialties have more religious/spiritual physicians than others, providing additional reason to think religious/spiritual patient conversations are not equally distributed throughout the medical landscape.
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