title: Religion and medicine: How are they related?
abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive and dynamic profile of religion-medicine interrelationships. This profile is drawn from the respective characteristics of religion and medicine, as well as from historic and contemporary literature regarding their interconnections. Six symbiotic functions are identified and discussed with respect to their bearing on clinical practice, medical education, and research.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Vanderpool
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Levin