[What should be done?].
A prayer recommended by a secular physician was finally more effective in satisfying a family of a dying patient than empathy and detailed explanations of the clinical condition. Prayer suggestions may be implemented in some bedside situations to improve support and collaboration with families.
Kleiner-Baumgarten
Amalia
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Internal Medicine Daycare Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel. baumgart@bgu.ac.il
D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012067:Religion