Teaching Third-Year Medical Students to Address Patients' Spiritual Needs in the Surgery/Anesthesiology Clerkship

• Main Authors: Holly G. Atkinson (Author), David Fleenor (Author), Susan M. Lerner (Author), Edward Poliandro (Author), Joseph Truglio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Despite many patients wanting physicians to inquire about their religious/spiritual beliefs, most physicians do not make such inquiries. Among physicians who do, surgeons are less likely than family and general practitioners and psychiatrists to do so. Methods To address this gap, we de...