December 22, 2004

Physicians' Views of Faith, Prayer and Miracles

I found this survey quite astonishing. Holiday Season Survey Reveals Physicians' Views of Faith, Prayer and Miracles.

  • A majority of doctors (55%) said they have seen treatment results in their patients they would consider miraculous.
  • Most physicians pray for their patients as a group (51%).
  • Even more, 59% pray for individual patients.
  • 67% encourage their patients to pray

A national survey of 1100 physicians conducted by HCD Research and the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC over the past weekend.

Posted by Jill Fallon at December 22, 2004 04:42 PM | Permalink
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