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Franzen AB. Physicians in the USA: Attendance, Beliefs and Patient Interactions. J Relig Health. 2015;54(5):1886-900doi: 10.1007/s10943-014-9986-0.
Franzen, A. B. (2015). Physicians in the USA: Attendance, Beliefs and Patient Interactions. Journal of religion and health, 54(5), 1886-900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-014-9986-0
Franzen, Aaron B. "Physicians in the USA: Attendance, Beliefs and Patient Interactions." Journal of religion and health vol. 54,5 (2015): 1886-900. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-014-9986-0
Franzen AB. Physicians in the USA: Attendance, Beliefs and Patient Interactions. J Relig Health. 2015 Oct;54(5):1886-900. doi: 10.1007/s10943-014-9986-0. PMID: 25516296.
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J Relig Health. 2015 Oct;54(5):1886-900. doi: 10.1007/s10943-014-9986-0.

Physicians in the USA: Attendance, Beliefs and Patient Interactions.

Journal of religion and health

Aaron B Franzen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Sociology and Social Work, Hope College, 41 Graves Place, Holland, MI, 49423-3617, USA, [email protected].

PMID: 25516296 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9986-0

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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