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Docs take 'spiritual history,' offer chapel-health office in one
Rather than maintaining an often-espoused separation of church and medicine, a growing number of healthcare providers are catering to patients' desires to incorporate spiritual support into their
Religious physicians take stance on family planning
Insurers aren't the only ones up in arms over the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) recent requirement of health plans to provide free contraceptives and other preventive health
Doc blasted for recommending religion to his patient
Even if a patient seems open to receiving some personal advice, a recent news story out of the United Kingdom suggests that physicians should think twice before attempting to impart their religious
St. Vincent's, North Shore-LIJ deal falls apart
Money and religion appear to be the two biggest factors in the death of a deal that would have seen North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System move into St. Vincent's Hospital's old emergency room
Religion influences doctors' decisions in caring for terminally ill
The religious beliefs of a doctor can play a part in end-of-life care discussions for terminally ill patients, a British study published this week in the Journal of Medical Ethics determined. Doctors
Religious discrimination okayed by hospital seeking merger
City commissioners in Tarpon Springs, Fla., voted earlier this week to allow hiring to be based on religion at Helen Ellis Hospital, according to the St. Petersburg Times. The vote, which was 5-0,
Physicians face conflicts between faith and medicine
In the first study examining physicians' personal feelings about practicing medicine at religiously affiliated organizations, one in five primary-care physicians reported experiencing conflict over
Religion impacts parents' health decisions for seriously ill children
Religion pays a significant role in shaping the medical decisions parents make regarding seriously ill children, especially when those parents must make hard choices, according to a new survey by
DC hospital suing to cease life support on youth
At Children's Medical Center in Washington, D.C., a Brooklyn youth is at the center of a controversy about whether the hospital has a right to discontinue life support after ruling the boy brain dead
