title: The physician as moral entrepreneur.
abstract: This paper argues that the work of the contemporary physician is at least in part the work of a moral entrepreneur. The effects of religious affiliation and religiosity on the decision making of a modern doctor are examined in an analysis of the responses of 231 physicians to a mailed questionnaire. Decision-making issues were considered to be those with social/moral implications. Religious physicians tend to favor clergy involvement in social and procreative issues. Roman Catholic physicians oppose the involvement of the medical profession in birth control issues.
authors: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Wilfried Laurier University, N2L 3C5, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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