The Godly Doctor

Kansas City's paper reports on a study about to come out in the Journal of General Internal Medicine that demonstrates that religious physicians are in the majority these days. In fact,

In the survey of 1,044 doctors nationwide, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine.

The study's lead researcher notes that 83% of the U.S. population as a whole believes in God, so this figure isn't out of accord with the more general population. But the fact that 55% believe that their religion impacts their practice is certainly worthy of further study.