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A quick spiritual history.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
In "Pro & Con: Should physicians conduct spiritual histories of their patients?" Dr. Harold G. Koenig and Richard P. Sloan, Ph.D., missed an important reason why spiritual histories are important (Oct. 15, 2003, p. 8).
Jehovah's Witnesses accept nearly all forms of medical care except blood transfusions. This is important to know when treating such patients for any surgical condition, cancer, or bleeding disorder. These conditions are not necessarily end-of-life situations, which Dr. Sloan said are the only appropriate time to delve into a patient's religious beliefs. Christian Scientists refuse vaccinations, some Catholics will refuse an abortion under any circumstances, and certain Orthodox Jews have objections to organ transplantation.
A physician who overlooks or ignores a patient's religious objections to certain treatments ...
- ORTHODOX JEWS' INFLUENCE GROWS
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) MATTHEW MOSK, Staff Writer August 13, 1995 700+ words
...Bergen County, NJ) 08-13-1995 ORTHODOX JEWS' INFLUENCE GROWS -- ENCLAVE BRINGS...Shop was bustling. More than a dozen Orthodox Jews were sandwiched between the store...Sunday was the surest of signs that Orthodox Jews had carved out a new, more influential...
- Court: Suburban N.Y. village violated Orthodox Jews' rights
- News wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency Debra Nussbaum Cohen October 1, 1995 700+ words
...Suburban N.Y. village violated Orthodox Jews' rights. After being harassed and...opposed their presence, fervently Orthodox Jews in suburban Airmont, N.Y., have...court decision and confirmed that the Orthodox Jews' rights under the Fair Housing Act...
- Jerusalem.May 1967.Orthodox jews demonstrating against autopsies, in the Mea...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Micha Bar Am January 1, 1967 700+ words
...01-01-1967 Jerusalem.May 1967.Orthodox jews demonstrating against autopsies, in...the city.A demonstration by ultra-orthodox Jews against autopsies, Jerusalem.Ultra Orthodox Jews - a category that in fact includes many...
- Orthodox Jews and science: an empirical study of their attitudes toward...
- Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) Nussbaum, Alexander September 22, 2005 700+ words
...science majors. Introduction Ultra-orthodox Jews have always forbidden members to get a secular education. Modern and Centrist Orthodox Jews are allowed a secular education only...little available information on what Orthodox Jews think about evolution and other issues...
- Nonà Orthodox Jews Will Fight Growing Power of Ultras
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered July 10, 1996 700+ words
...of violent demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox Jews and is meant to be a compromise between...Knesset, the highest proportion ever of Orthodox Jews. Today he announced that Bar Ilan...Jewish Sabbath. That's so ultra-Orthodox Jews can pray without having to dodge Israeli...
- ORTHODOX JEWS PONDER LIEBERMAN VICE-PRESIDENCY.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) August 12, 2000 700+ words
...not bound by the strict rules that Orthodox Jews follow, such as not driving a car...literally as it was then.'' The way Orthodox Jews cope in the secular world became a...three main branches of Judaism. ''Orthodox Jews are extremely stringent,'' says...
- Jerusalem, Orthodox Jews in the Mea Shearim district being arrested after...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Leonard Freed January 1, 1987 700+ words
...Magnum Photos 01-01-1987 Jerusalem, Orthodox Jews in the Mea Shearim district being arrested...non religious Jews during Sabbath.Orthodox Jews demanded stricter observance of the...geographical israel. jerusalem. jerusalem, orthodox jews in the mea shearim district being arrested...
- A demonstration by ultra-orthodox Jews against autopsies, Jerusalem.Ultra...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Micha Bar Am January 1, 1967 700+ words
...01-1967 A demonstration by ultra-orthodox Jews against autopsies, Jerusalem.Ultra Orthodox Jews - a category that in fact includes many...1967. a demonstration by ultra-orthodox jews against autopsies, jerusalem.ultra...