ArticleJournal of religion and health2018
Influence of Physicians' Beliefs on Propensity to Include Religion/Spirituality in Patient Interactions.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
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- GPs´ Personal Spirituality, Their Attitude and Spiritual Competence: A Cross-Sectional Study in German General Practices.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Patterns of religiosity and spirituality of psychiatrists in Brazil and the implications for clinical practice: a latent profile analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Medical students' personal experiences, religion, and spirituality explain their (dis)comfort with a patient's religious needs.Canadian medical education journal · 2020Article
- Assessing spirituality: is there a beneficial role in the management of COPD?NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
This study examines physicians' beliefs, their perceptions of whether religion impacts health outcomes, and their propensity to discuss religion/spirituality with patients. It is not uncommon for patients to want religious/spiritual conversations, but the occurrence is infrequent. This study adds to knowledge regarding which physicians include these topics. Using a nationally representative sample of physicians and a mediated bi-factor structural equation model, the author finds that "religious and spiritual" physicians connect religion and patient health more than other religious/spiritual orientations. As a result, "religious and spiritual" physicians include religion/spirituality most often (indirect path). After this variation is accounted for, "spiritual but not religious" physicians still include this content, but the "religious but not spiritual" and "neither religious nor spiritual" physicians tend to avoid talking about religiosity/spirituality with patients.
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