Do religious physicians disproportionately care for the underserved?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Curlin, Farr A ^a,b   Dugdale, Lydia S ^c   Lantos, John D ^a,b   Chin, Marshall H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Barriers; Community health care; Medically underserved area; Poverty; Public health; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY AREAS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34548098334     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.677     Document Type: Article

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