Background:Although prayer and other spiritual practices are common among residents of the rural south, the use of faith-based healers (FBH), or healers who use prayer as their primary healing modality, has not been explored in this population. Methods:Secondary data analysis from a random digit dialing telephone survey of rural adults…
Objectives: The authors sought to explore patients’ views about discussing spiritual issues with primary care physicians, including perceived barriers to and facilitators of discussions. Methods: The study was a qualitative, semistructured interview of 10 chronically or terminally ill patients who were deliberately selected to represent a range of demographic factors…
Background Research demonstrates that religious values clearly impact on the judgments made by physicians and their patients. One basic dichotomy—belief in ethical values that do not change (absolute values) versus belief in values that change depending on the situation (relative values)—has recently been experimentally associated with different ethical decision-making patterns….
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