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Originally posted by spacebandit
A study for The Annals Of Family Medicine in the United States has concluded that religious doctors care less for poor patients
and that doctors who say they are atheists actually have practices which contain a much greater percentage of poor and underserved patients
Doctors who claim to be religious have more affluent practices.
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No it hasn't. The conclusion was that "Physicians who are more religious do not appear to disproportionately care for the underserved." There's quite a marked difference.
There were no findings whatsoever based solely on 'doctors who say they are atheists'. They actually banded "atheist, agnostic, and none" together. Even when all three are combined, they represent less than 4% of the respondents who answered the specific question on "religious affiliation".
Almost 3/4 of the respondents, regardless of "religious affiliation", could be deemed as having 'more affluent practices'. There's absolutely nothing in the study which makes a direct connection between religion and affluence.