Religious themes in medical journals

The dialogue between medicine and religion has been expected to intensify. To test the degree of interaction empirically, the contents of four clinical medical journals for the years 1981 to 1991 were examined for reference to religious themes. Religion was important in 13 of 17,345 articles. Reason...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Main Author: Potter, Robert Lyman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1993]
In: Journal of religion and health
Further subjects:B Empirical Study
B Medical Journal
B Relevant Material
B Religious Theme
B Relative Neglect
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Summary:The dialogue between medicine and religion has been expected to intensify. To test the degree of interaction empirically, the contents of four clinical medical journals for the years 1981 to 1991 were examined for reference to religious themes. Religion was important in 13 of 17,345 articles. Reasons proposed for this relative neglect are hostility, lack of interest, inadequate empirical studies, and the substitution of ethics and humanities as surrogates for religion. Scholars of religion are encouraged to submit relevant material to medical journals.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00995655