"Religion and Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The interrelationship of medicine and religion.
| Descriptor ID |
D012068
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.844.619
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Religion and Medicine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Religion and Medicine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Religion and Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Human Flourishing & Christian Hippocratism: A Philosophical & Theological Approach to Healthcare & the Good of the Patient. New Bioeth. 2026 Mar; 32(1):14-38.
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THE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE IS SECULAR: AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IDEA WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN MEDICINE AND RELIGION. Psychiatr Danub. 2021 05; 33(Suppl 3):S292-S298.
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Medical Versus Nonmedical Immunization Exemptions for Child Care and School Attendance. Pediatrics. 2016 09; 138(3).
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Impact of Health-Care Worker Attitudes Toward Organ Donation. Am Surg. 2016 09; 82(9):e242-4.
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The association between religiosity and resuscitation status preference among patients with advanced cancer. Palliat Support Care. 2015 Oct; 13(5):1435-9.
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Medicine versus religion in the surgical intensive care unit: who is in charge? J Vasc Surg. 2013 Apr; 57(4):1146-7.
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Spirituality and confidence to resist substance use among celebrate recovery participants. J Relig Health. 2013 Mar; 52(1):107-13.
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Operating one-handed: emergency treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Feb; 57(2):573-5.
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An interfaith dialogue on the neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Dec; 5(12):e1240.
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Armenian medicine and diseases of the kidney. J Nephrol. 2009 Nov-Dec; 22 Suppl 14:3-7.