Letter to the Editor
Worship Attendance Frequency
Abstract
Essinger 1 reported that three primary factors influence the attitudes of Tennessee physicians toward euthanasia and assisted death: ethics, religion, and the role of the physician in relieving pain and suffering. Those physicians with strong self-reported theistic religious values were less approving of euthanasia or assisted death than were those without such values. Gartner et al 2 found that “real-life” behavioral variables such as church attendance or financial giving were better indices of religiosity than self-report measures.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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