Requests for prayer at the bedside are more common than many clinicians admit. Yet these moments often unfold quietly, undocumented, unexamined, and rarely addressed in training. Whether a clinician identifies as religious, spiritual, secular, or uncertain, such requests can stir discomfort. Still, patients continue to ask. Sometimes it is direct: “Doctor, will you pray with
When patients ask to pray: Navigating spirituality in medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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