Religion, sense of calling, and the practice of medicine: Findings from a national survey of primary care physicians and psychiatrists

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 189-195

  Yoon, John D ^a,b,c,d   Shin, Jiwon H ^a,b,c,d   Nian, Andy L ^a,b,c,d   Curlin, Farr A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calling; primary care; psychiatry; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHOLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EASTERN ORTHODOX; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HINDU; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSLIM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROTESTANT; PSYCHIATRIST; RELIGION; SENSE OF CALLING; UNITED STATES; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PSYCHIATRY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929047911     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000250     Document Type: Article

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