RT Article
T1 Jewish Physicians' Beliefs and Practices Regarding Religion/Spirituality in the Clinical Encounter
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 50
IS 4
SP 806
OP 817
A1 Stern, Robert M.
A1 Rasinski, Kenneth A. 1950-
A1 Curlin, Farr A.
A2 Rasinski, Kenneth A. 1950-
A2 Curlin, Farr A.
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668808129
AB We used data from a 2003 survey of US physicians to examine differences between Jewish and other religiously affiliated physicians on 4-D of physicians' beliefs and practices regarding religion and spirituality (R/S) in the clinical encounter. On each dimension, Jewish physicians ascribed less importance to the effect of R/S on health and a lesser role for physicians in addressing R/S issues. These effects were partially mediated by lower levels of religiosity among Jewish physicians and by differences in demographic and practice-level characteristics. The study provides a salient example of how religious affiliation can be an important independent predictor of physicians' clinically-relevant beliefs and practices.
K1 Clinical encounter
K1 Judaism
K1 Physician
K1 Religion
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1007/s10943-011-9509-1