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Monday, September 17, 2007

Not only secular doctors hate poor people

Really not sure what this proves, but apparently "religious" doctors are no more likely to care for poor patients than "non-religious" ones.

"This came as both a surprise and a disappointment. The Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures all urge physicians to care for the poor, and the great majority of religious physicians describe their practice of medicine as a calling. Yet we found that religious physicians were not more likely to report practice among the underserved than their secular colleagues."

If people want to judge adherents to their specific faiths, that's one thing; not that I agree with religious in-fighting, but at least they are on the same playing field. But what does this say about "secular" people? Do they need God to care about the poor?

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