Physician offered prayer and patient satisfaction

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Mann, Joshua R ^a   McKay, Scott ^a   Daniels, Damon ^a   Lamar, C Scott ^a   Witherspoon, Patricia W ^a   Stanek, Michele K ^a   Larimore, Walter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Prayer; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; RELIGION;

EID: 27844575648     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/2B0Q-2GW0-80L9-N3TK     Document Type: Article

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