Spirituality Influences Health

Spirituality Influences Health, Most U.S. Doctors Say

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
HealthDay Reporter
posted: 11 April 2007
05:13 pm ET 

(HealthDay News) -- The majority of American doctors think that religion and spirituality play an important role in influencing patients' health, a new review found.

And the more religious a doctor was, the more likely he or she was to have a positive view of the impact of religion and spirituality on health, according to the study by researchers at the University of Chicago.