ArticleJournal of religion and health2024
Religion and Spirituality in Medical Care from the Patient Perspective in Camden County, New Jersey, USA: An Exploratory Study.
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- Spiritual Care and Spiritual Perspective: Assessing Oncology Patients' Perspectives and Their Implications for Healthcare Management.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Religion and spirituality (R/S) play a significant role in the way many individuals make decisions and structure their lives. The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess the attitudes and preferences of individuals who live or worship in Camden County, NJ, in regards to physicians addressing their religious and spiritual beliefs during medical care. This study was conducted through a survey which inquired about the level of the participant's religiosity/spirituality, specific religion, and attitudes towards and desires for conversations regarding religious and spiritual beliefs during medical care. Many survey participants shared strong opinions about physicians addressing R/S beliefs during medical encounters, with the majority expressing a positive view of conversations about R/S in medical care. The majority of respondents (75%) reported holding religious or spiritual beliefs that they described as important or very important to them, while 60% of participants indicated that their physician's awareness of their R/S beliefs was at least somewhat important to them. Based on the results of this exploratory study, the recommendation of the AAMC and Joint Commission to include conversations about R/S in medical care, as well as the tenets of osteopathic philosophy are consistent with the majority opinion about R/S in medical care that was expressed through this survey.
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