NEW YORK -- You may not have noticed it, but it was a highly charged study, one that was quite controversial.
The report in The Annals of Family Medicine found religious doctors are slightly less likely to care for poor and underserved patients than doctors who say they aren’t religious.
According to the information 35% of doctors who described themselves as either Atheist, Agnostic or without religious affiliation, said they practiced medicine among the underserved, compared to 31% of religious physicians.
The University of Chicago study was offensive to some, but if you really look at the information basically reinforces the fact that people who are sharing, caring and giving (those that provide care to the unreserved) come in many shapes, colors and religions or even lack of religion.
As someone who is acutely aware of the healthcare shortage in the country, I don’t think it matters what a person’s spiritual views are as long as they want to reach out and help.
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