Research Programs

"Surgeons & the Spirit

• Spring 2001 -- an interdisciplinary team of researchers from DeSales University designed a pilot study to assess the possible relationship between a surgeon's religiosity and his/her clinical practice.

• Fall 2001 -- researchers gathered and analyzed data from the study among surgeons in the Eastern Pennsylvania Health Network

• Fall 2002 -- the final report on the study is completed, submitted to the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, and accepted for publication

• Summer 2003 -- due to repeated editorial delays, the study is withdrawn from the B.A.C.S. and submitted for publication to the Journal on Religion and Health

• Fall 2003 -- the study is accepted for publication in the Journal on Religion and Health 

• Spring 2005 -- the study is published in the Journal of Religion and Health, volume 44, number 1, pages 67-80.

click here to read an abstract of the published study

• Summer/Fall 2005 -- following publication of the pilot study, the team may expand the research project to a national level

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