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Bioethics for clinicians: Protestant bioethics Primary Author: Merril Pauls, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Article from the CMAJ (the Canadian Medical Association) that provides an overview of common Protestant beliefs and highlights concepts that are particularly relevant to bioethics. Contains a few example cases. Date Last Modified 02/05/2002 Article, Case example/study

Bioethics for clinicians: Catholic bioethics Primary Author: Hazel Markwell, Centre for Clinical Ethics Article from CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association) describing the the central tenets of Catholicism for clinicians and issues that may arise in clinical practice. Date Last Modified 07/24/2001 Article

Coping with Religious Coping Primary Author: Kyle B. Brothers, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital This opinion piece was published in the October 2009 issue of Virtual Mentor, the American Medical Association's online ethics journal. In it Dr. Brothers discusses the The Coping with Cancer Study by Phelps et al., which found that "those patients who reported using positive religious coping methods on a survey instrument were significantly more likely than others to have undergone invasive life support at the end of their lives and to have died in intensive care units." Dr. Brothers looks at some "limitations of survey-gathered empirical data in describing complex associations between beliefs and end-of-life medical behavior" and concludes that physicians should "develop comfort and confidence in discussing religious beliefs and experiences with patients, propose only reasonable interventions that are medically indicated," and be present even when procedures are not needed. Date Last Modified 10/01/2009 Article

Religion, Risk, and Medical Decision Making at the End of Life Primary Author: Peter H. Van Ness, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health Article from the Journal of Aging and Health describing a study about whether religious patients are more or less willing to undergo the risks associated with potentially life-sustaining treatment. The authors concluded that "Not all dimensions of religiousness have the same association with willingness to undergo potentially life-sustaining treatment. Seriously ill older, religious patients are not especially predisposed to avoid risk and resist treatment". Date Last Modified 08/01/2008 Article

Pain and Suffering as Viewed by the Hindu Religion Primary Author: Sarah M. Whitman, Drexel University College of Medicine Article from The Journal of Pain (Vol 8, No 8). Abstract: Religion and spiritual practices are among the resources used by patients to cope with chronic pain. The major concepts of Hinduism that are related to pain and suffering are presented. Ways that Hindu traditions deal with pain and suffering are reviewed, including the concept of acceptance, which has been studied in the pain medicine literature. By becoming more familiar with Hindu views of pain and suffering, pain medicine practitioners can offer potentially helpful concepts to all patients and support Hindus spirituality as it relates to pain and suffering. Perspective: Religion or spirituality is often important to patients. This article will inform the pain medicine practitioner how pain and suffering are viewed in Hinduism, the third largest religion in the world. It is hoped that these concepts will prove helpful when treating not only followers of Hinduism but all patients. Date Last Modified 08/08/2007 Article