Few topics are more likely to cause argument among doctors than the influence of religion on healing, but a survey suggests most physicians bring their ideas about religion into their practice, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.SEE!!!! SEE!!! SEE!!!!
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A new study may give clues about why, said Dr. Farr Curlin, a University of Chicago researcher whose findings appear in this week's Archives of Internal Medicine,
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"This is yet more evidence that doctors are not just objective, neutral scientists. Their religious or secular commitments influence the way they respond to patients and the way they interpret data," Curlin said in a telephone interview.
Curlin and colleagues mailed a survey in 2003 to a random sample of 2,000 practicing U.S. doctors aged 65 or younger from all specialties. Some 63 percent responded and the average age of respondents was 49.
They found that 85 percent of those surveyed believe religion or spirituality is generally positive, but only 6 percent say it often changes "hard" medical outcomes, reflecting some sort of miraculous healing.
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"Their doctor's own religious beliefs will influence how the doctor responds to the patient's spiritual concerns," Curlin said.
[ cf Religious bias colors doctors' views: survey ( emphasis mine ) ]
We TOLD YOU that there was no Medical Crisis Out There - Only a Crisis Of Faith!!!!!
There are Those who support the Divinity Of Dubya, and Those Who Oppose God and are on the Side of the Terrorists And Demonic Forces Of Satan...
Or something to that effect...