TABLE 4.
Spirituality and Clinical Practice Responses
| Responses | Physicians (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Do you take a religious/spirituality history on your patients? | Never/rarely | 65.56 |
| Sometimes | 25.19 | |
| Frequently/always | 9.26 | |
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| Do you think it is appropriate for religious/spiritual beliefs to play a role in medical decision making? | Always appropriate | 8.37 |
| Usually appropriate | 42.59 | |
| Usually inappropriate | 35.36 | |
| Always inappropriate | 13.69 | |
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| Do you think your religious/spirituality beliefs play a role in the medical decisions you make? | Never/rarely | 54.68 |
| Sometimes | 24.72 | |
| Frequently/always | 20.60 | |
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| Do you consider the patient's religious/spiritual beliefs when discussing end-of-life issues? | Agree/somewhat agree | 86.86 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 8.05 | |
| Somewhat/strongly disagree | 5.08 | |
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| Do you pray with your patients? | Never/rarely | 83.52 |
| Sometimes | 12.73 | |
| Frequently/always | 3.75 | |
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| Do your spiritual/religious beliefs help you deal with feelings about death? | Agree/somewhat agree | 68.07 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 17.65 | |
| Somewhat/strongly disagree | 14.28 | |
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| My spiritual/religious beliefs are a source of comfort for me as an oncologist. | Agree/somewhat agree | 62.03 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 19.41 | |
| Somewhat/strongly disagree | 18.57 | |