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Respondents who indicated that patient-practitioner prayer was at least “occasionally appropriate” according to initiation by patients and by practitioners, n = 391. ^a71.4% vs. 83.5%, χ² value = 3.8, degrees of freedom = 1; ^b71.4% vs. 64.6%, χ² value = 1.2, degrees of freedom = 1; ^c64.6% vs. 83.5%, χ² value = 12.9, degrees of freedom = 1; ^d64.3% vs. 75.7%, χ² value = 2.8, degrees of freedom = 1; ^e64.3% vs. 59.2%, χ² value = 0.6, degrees of freedom = 1; ^f75.7% vs. 59.2%, χ² value = 8.8, degrees of freedom = 1. **Response proportions to patient-initiated prayer: (1) patients: never appropriate = 14%, rarely appropriate = 14%, occasionally appropriate = 21%, frequently appropriate = 13%, almost always appropriate = 19%, always appropriate = 19%; (2) oncology physicians: never appropriate = 10%, rarely appropriate = 26%, occasionally appropriate = 34%, frequently appropriate = 12%, almost always appropriate = 13%, always appropriate = 5%; (3) oncology nurses: never appropriate = 4%, rarely appropriate = 12%, occasionally appropriate = 38%, frequently appropriate = 19%, almost always appropriate = 12%, always appropriate = 14%. ***Response proportions to practitioner-initiated prayer: (1) patients: never appropriate = 17%, rarely appropriate = 19%, occasionally appropriate = 30%, frequently appropriate = 4%, almost always appropriate = 16%, always appropriate = 14%; (2) oncology physicians: never appropriate 16%; rarely appropriate 25%; occasionally appropriate 34%; frequently appropriate = 10%; almost always appropriate = 8%, always appropriate = 7%; (3) oncology nurses: never appropriate = 12%, rarely appropriate = 12%, occasionally appropriate = 40%, frequently appropriate = 17%, almost always appropriate = 11%, always appropriate = 7%.