Religious Beliefs or Physicians' Behavior: What Makes a Patient More Prone to Accept a Physician to Address His/Her Spiritual Issues?

The present study aims to understand the relation between religious beliefs, physicians' behavior and patients' opinions regarding "Spirituality, religiosity and health (S/R)" issues, and what makes a patient more prone to accept a physician to address his/her spiritual issues. A...

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Authors: Banin, Luciana Burgugi (Author) ; Guimarães, Fernando Augusto Garcia (Author) ; Lucchetti, Alessandra L. G. (Author) ; Lucchetti, Giancarlo (Author) ; Suzart, Nadielle Brandani (Author) ; De Jesus, Marcos Antonio Santos (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2014]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2014, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 917-928
Further subjects:B Physician-patient relationship
B Spirituality
B Path Analysis
B Religion and Medicine
B Health Behavior
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Summary:The present study aims to understand the relation between religious beliefs, physicians' behavior and patients' opinions regarding "Spirituality, religiosity and health (S/R)" issues, and what makes a patient more prone to accept a physician to address his/her spiritual issues. A cross-sectional study was carried out in outpatients from a tertiary hospital, and a path analysis was used to examine the direct and indirect relationships between the variables. For the final analysis, 300 outpatients were evaluated. Most patients would like their doctors to address S/R issues but did not feel comfortable to ask them. In contrast, they reported most doctors have never addressed S/R issues, and they believe doctors are not prepared to address these issues. The path analysis revealed that patients' previous experiences with their doctors may be as important as their religious/spiritual beliefs in proneness to accept a physician to address his/her spiritual issues.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9685-2