학술논문
Comparison of the Role of Different Levels of Religiousness and Spirituality in Controversial Ethical Issues and Clinical Practice among Brazilian Resident Physicians: Results from the Multicenter SBRAMER Study.
Document Type
Article
Author
Vasconcelos, Ana Paula Sena Lomba; Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero; Cavalcanti, Ana Paula Rodrigues; da Silva Conde, Simone Regina Souza; Gonçalves, Lidia Maria; Moriguchi, Emilio Hideyuki; Chazan, Ana Cláudia Santos; Tavares, Rubens Lene Carvalho; da Silva Ezequiel, Oscarina; Lucchetti, Giancarlo
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Subject
*PSYCHOLOGY of physicians
*CROSS-sectional method
*PROFESSIONAL practice
*PROFESSIONAL ethics
*RELIGION & medicine
*CONFLICT (Psychology)
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*ODDS ratio
*SPIRITUALITY
*RESEARCH
*INFERENTIAL statistics
*DATA analysis software
*CONFIDENCE intervals
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ISSN
0022-4197
Abstract
This study compares clinical practice and objections to controversial ethical issues among 836 Brazilian resident physicians according to levels of religiousness/spirituality. Residents with low religiousness/spirituality (s/r) believed less in the influence of spirituality on clinical practice, were less comfortable addressing this issue, tended to listen less carefully and try to change the subject more than other groups. Residents with high spirituality and low religiousness (S/r) inquired more about religious/spiritual issues, while those with high religiousness/spirituality (S/R) were more supportive and reported fewer barriers to addressing these issues. Concerning ethical issues (e.g., physician-assisted suicide, withdrawal of life support, abortion), S/R had more objections than others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]