Talking about faith increases hospital patients' overall satisfaction

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

Hospitalized patients who had conversations about religion and spirituality with the healthcare team were the most satisfied with their overall care. However, 20 percent of patients who would have valued these discussions say their desires went unmet, according to a new study by Joshua Williams from the University of Chicago, USA, and his colleagues. Their work appears online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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