Commentary: A case for studying the relationship between religion and the practice of medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1118-1120

  Curlin, Farr A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MC 2007 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL THEORY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; THEOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849128557     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31818c638c     Document Type: Note

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