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Comparison of the stated religious beliefs amongst UK intensive care physicians and the UK population

Authors: A Tillyard, DT Ashton-Cleary

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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The UK is a multifaith culture and 77% of the population considered themselves to belong to a religious group in the 2001 UK Census [1]. Differing faiths have differing customs and views surrounding end-of-life decisions and care. Treatment withdrawal and withholding of life-sustaining care or CPR have been shown to be significantly influenced by both patient and physician religion [2]. We wanted to determine whether the population faith mix was reflected amongst UK intensive care physicians. …

Office of National Statistics UK 2001 Census. Focus on Religion[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/for2004/FocusonReligion.pdf]

Sprung CL, et al.: JAMA. 2003, 290: 790-797. 10.1001/jama.290.6.790CrossRefPubMed

Title: Comparison of the stated religious beliefs amongst UK intensive care physicians and the UK population
Authors: A Tillyard
DT Ashton-Cleary
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9937

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Comparison of the stated religious beliefs amongst UK intensive care physicians and the UK population

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