Study finds religious doctors are actually less likely to care for underserved patients

One of the strongest claims of religions, world wide, is that it grants a stronger sense of "serving one's fellow man", the sense of community spirit or reaching out to those who are in most need of help.

Yet, according to Science Daily, a recent study reported by the Annals of Family Medicine found that just 31 percent of physicians who were religious worked with the underserved, whereas 35 percent of physicians who declared themselves to be atheist, agnostic or had no religion worked with the underserved.

One would have expected that had religion granted moral ascendancy, there should have been a very high percentage of religious physicians working with people who need it most.

References:

• Science Daily: "Religious doctors no more likely to care for underserved patients"