title: The basis of medicine and religion: respect for persons.
abstract: The nature of the physician-patient relationship underlies the professional's obligation to respect each person. Religion moves those involved in caring for the sick beyond professionalism to a profound sense of common humanity under the Father, of healing as a work of God, and of love as the primary bond with patients.
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008149:Love; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012945:Social Values