Farr A Curlin

Summary

Affiliation: University of Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Clash of definitions: controversies about conscience in medicine
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, USA
    Am J Bioeth 7:10-4. 2007
  2. ncbi To die, to sleep: US physicians' religious and other objections to physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation, and withdrawal of life support
    Farr A Curlin
    Pritzker School of Medicine, Universtiy of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25:112-20. 2008
  3. ncbi Religion, conscience, and controversial clinical practices
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    N Engl J Med 356:593-600. 2007
  4. ncbi Commentary: A case for studying the relationship between religion and the practice of medicine
    Farr A Curlin
    Division of General Internal Medicine and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Acad Med 83:1118-20. 2008
  5. ncbi An ethical façade? Medical students' miscomprehensions of substituted judgment
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e4374. 2009
  6. ncbi Religion, spirituality, and medicine: psychiatrists' and other physicians' differing observations, interpretations, and clinical approaches
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1825-31. 2007
  7. ncbi Religion, clinicians, and the integration of complementary and alternative medicines
    Farr A Curlin
    MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Altern Complement Med 15:987-94. 2009
  8. ncbi Physicians' observations and interpretations of the influence of religion and spirituality on health
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:649-54. 2007
  9. ncbi Following the call: how providers make sense of their decisions to work in faith-based and secular urban community health centers
    Farr A Curlin
    University of Chicago Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:944-57. 2006
  10. ncbi Spirituality and lifestyle: what clinicians need to know
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    South Med J 99:1170-1. 2006

Research Grants

  1. Religious Commitments and Clinical Engagements
    Farr Curlin; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications46

  1. ncbi Clash of definitions: controversies about conscience in medicine
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, USA
    Am J Bioeth 7:10-4. 2007
    ..This specification would allow participants to advance a more philosophically and theologically robust conversation about the means and ends of medicine...
  2. ncbi To die, to sleep: US physicians' religious and other objections to physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation, and withdrawal of life support
    Farr A Curlin
    Pritzker School of Medicine, Universtiy of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25:112-20. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Religion, conscience, and controversial clinical practices
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    N Engl J Med 356:593-600. 2007
    ..It is important to understand how physicians think about their ethical rights and obligations when such conflicts emerge in clinical practice...
  4. ncbi Commentary: A case for studying the relationship between religion and the practice of medicine
    Farr A Curlin
    Division of General Internal Medicine and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Acad Med 83:1118-20. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi An ethical façade? Medical students' miscomprehensions of substituted judgment
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e4374. 2009
    ..We studied how well first-year medical students understand and apply the concept of substituted judgment, following a course on clinical ethics...
  6. ncbi Religion, spirituality, and medicine: psychiatrists' and other physicians' differing observations, interpretations, and clinical approaches
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1825-31. 2007
    ..This study compared the ways in which psychiatrists and nonpsychiatrists interpret the relationship between religion/spirituality and health and address religion/spirituality issues in the clinical encounter...
  7. ncbi Religion, clinicians, and the integration of complementary and alternative medicines
    Farr A Curlin
    MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Altern Complement Med 15:987-94. 2009
    ....
  8. ncbi Physicians' observations and interpretations of the influence of religion and spirituality on health
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:649-54. 2007
    ..This study examines the association between physicians' religious characteristics and their observations and interpretations of the influence of R/S on health...
  9. ncbi Following the call: how providers make sense of their decisions to work in faith-based and secular urban community health centers
    Farr A Curlin
    University of Chicago Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:944-57. 2006
    ..Future studies are needed to test these hypotheses using quantitative methods and broader representative sampling...
  10. ncbi Spirituality and lifestyle: what clinicians need to know
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    South Med J 99:1170-1. 2006
  11. ncbi The association of physicians' religious characteristics with their attitudes and self-reported behaviors regarding religion and spirituality in the clinical encounter
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Med Care 44:446-53. 2006
    ..Controversy exists regarding whether and how physicians should address religion/spirituality (R/S) with patients...
  12. ncbi Strangers or friends? A proposal for a new spirituality-in-medicine ethic
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 20:370-4. 2005
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  13. ncbi Religious characteristics of U.S. physicians: a national survey
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 20:629-34. 2005
    ..Physicians are also dynamic partners in the doctor-patient relationship, yet little is known about the religious characteristics of physicians or how physicians' religious commitments shape the clinical encounter...
  14. ncbi How are religion and spirituality related to health? A study of physicians' perspectives
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    South Med J 98:761-6. 2005
    ..Despite expansive medical literature regarding spirituality and medicine, little is known about physician beliefs regarding the influence of religion on health...
  15. ncbi When patients choose faith over medicine: physician perspectives on religiously related conflict in the medical encounter
    Farr A Curlin
    Sections of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Arch Intern Med 165:88-91. 2005
    ..We explored the ways in which physicians interpret and respond to conflict between medical recommendations and patients' religious commitments...
  16. ncbi Obstetrician-gynecologists, religious institutions, and conflicts regarding patient-care policies
    Debra B Stulberg
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 207:73.e1-5. 2012
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  17. ncbi Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs about when pregnancy begins
    Grace S Chung
    Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 206:132.e1-7. 2012
    ....
  18. ncbi Moral controversy, directive counsel, and the doctor's role: findings from a national survey of obstetrician-gynecologists
    John D Yoon
    Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Acad Med 85:1475-81. 2010
    ..To explore physicians' attitudes toward providing directive counsel when dealing with morally controversial medical decisions, and to examine associations between physicians' opinions and their demographic and religious characteristics...
  19. ncbi Obstetrician-gynecologist physicians' beliefs about emergency contraception: a national survey
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Contraception 82:324-30. 2010
    ..Although emergency contraception (EC) is available without a prescription, women still rely on doctors' advice about its safety and effectiveness. Yet little is known about doctors' beliefs and practices in this area...
  20. ncbi Obstetrician-gynecologists' views on contraception and natural family planning: a national survey
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 204:124.e1-7. 2011
    ..The objective of the study was to characterize beliefs about contraception among obstetrician-gynecologists...
  21. ncbi Do religious physicians disproportionately care for the underserved?
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill 60637, USA
    Ann Fam Med 5:353-60. 2007
    ..This study examines whether physicians' self-reported religious characteristics and sense of calling in their work are associated with practice among the underserved...
  22. ncbi Obstetrician-gynaecologists' opinions about conscientious refusal of a request for abortion: results from a national vignette experiment
    Kenneth A Rasinski
    Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Med Ethics 37:711-4. 2011
    ..The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued recommendations about conscientious refusal. We used a vignette experiment to examine obstetrician-gynecologists' (OB/GYN) support for the recommendations...
  23. ncbi Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: a national survey
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 5415, USA
    Acad Med 84:1276-82. 2009
    ....
  24. ncbi Predictors of hospitalised patients' preferences for physician-directed medical decision-making
    Grace S Chung
    The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Med Ethics 38:77-82. 2012
    ..Although medical ethicists and educators emphasise patient-centred decision-making, previous studies suggest that patients often prefer their doctors to make the clinical decisions...
  25. ncbi The relationship between psychiatry and religion among U.S. physicians
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 58:1193-8. 2007
    ....
  26. ncbi Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs about assisted reproductive technologies
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, the Section of Hospital Medicine, and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 116:127-35. 2010
    ..To characterize the prevalence of objections to assisted reproductive technologies among obstetrician-gynecologists...
  27. ncbi An assessment of US physicians' training in religion, spirituality, and medicine
    Kenneth A Rasinski
    Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, USA
    Med Teach 33:944-5. 2011
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  28. ncbi What rheumatologists in the United States think of complementary and alternative medicine: results of a national survey
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    BMC Complement Altern Med 10:5. 2010
    ..We wanted to determine whether rheumatologists' perceptions of the efficacy of CAM therapies and their willingness to recommend them relate to their demographic characteristics, geographic location, or clinical practices...
  29. ncbi Of more than one mind: obstetrician-gynecologists' approaches to morally controversial decisions in sexual and reproductive healthcare
    Farr A Curlin
    Section of General Internal Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, USA
    J Clin Ethics 19:11-21; discussion 22-3. 2008
  30. ncbi Abortion provision among practicing obstetrician-gynecologists
    Debra B Stulberg
    Department of Family Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 118:609-14. 2011
    ..To estimate prevalence and correlates of abortion provision among practicing obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) in the United States...
  31. ncbi Conscientious refusals to refer: findings from a national physician survey
    Michael P Combs
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 5415, USA
    J Med Ethics 37:397-401. 2011
    ..This study examines what US physicians think a doctor is obligated to do when the doctor thinks it would be immoral to provide a referral...
  32. ncbi Jewish physicians' beliefs and practices regarding religion/spirituality in the clinical encounter
    Robert M Stern
    Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Relig Health 50:806-17. 2011
    ..The study provides a salient example of how religious affiliation can be an important independent predictor of physicians' clinically-relevant beliefs and practices...
  33. ncbi Partnering together? Relationships between faith-based community health centers and neighborhood congregations
    Leslie Gee
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL, USA
    South Med J 98:1245-50. 2005
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  34. ncbi Conflict and emotional exhaustion in obstetrician-gynaecologists: a national survey
    John D Yoon
    University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5000, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    J Med Ethics 36:731-5. 2010
    ..Conflicts over treatment decisions have been linked to physicians' emotional states...
  35. ncbi By intuitions differently formed: how physicians assess and respond to spiritual issues in the clinical encounter
    Farr A Curlin
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Bioeth 7:19-20. 2007
  36. ncbi Religion, conscience and clinical decisions
    John D Lantos
    Center for Practical Bioethics, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, USA
    Acta Paediatr 97:265-6. 2008
  37. ncbi The rise of empirical research in medical ethics: a MacIntyrean critique and proposal
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Box 103, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Med Philos 36:206-16. 2011
    ..MacIntyre warns that the is/ought distinction should remain, but reminds ethicists to make careful arguments about when and why it is legitimate to move from is to ought...
  38. ncbi Religiosity, Spirituality, and End-of-Life Planning: A Single-Site Survey of Medical Inpatients
    Kyle E Karches
    Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Electronic address
    J Pain Symptom Manage 44:843-51. 2012
    ..Yet, no study to date has examined whether end-of-life practices are associated with measures of religiosity and spirituality...
  39. ncbi Attention to inpatients' religious and spiritual concerns: predictors and association with patient satisfaction
    Joshua A Williams
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 26:1265-71. 2011
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  40. ncbi Religious hospitals and primary care physicians: conflicts over policies for patient care
    Debra B Stulberg
    Department of Family Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:725-30. 2010
    ..Religiously affiliated hospitals provide nearly 20% of US beds, and many prohibit certain end-of-life and reproductive health treatments. Little is known about physician experiences in religious institutions...
  41. ncbi What we don't talk about when we don't talk about sex: results of a national survey of U.S. obstetrician/gynecologists
    Janelle N Sobecki
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Sex Med 9:1285-94. 2012
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  42. ncbi Misplaced flexibility: revise policies but cling to principles
    Ryan E Lawrence
    Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637-5415, USA
    Am J Bioeth 8:36-7. 2008
  43. ncbi Is religious devotion relevant to the doctor-patient relationship?
    Farr A Curlin
    Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, IL, USA
    J Fam Pract 53:632-6. 2004
  44. ncbi Caution: conscience is the limb on which medical ethics sits
    Farr A Curlin
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Am J Bioeth 7:30-2. 2007
  45. ncbi Racial, ethnic, and affluence differences in elderly patients' use of teaching hospitals
    Theodore J Iwashyna
    Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 17:696-703. 2002
    ..To understand the role of race, ethnicity, and affluence in elderly patients' use of teaching hospitals when they have that option...
  46. ncbi Prescribing "placebo treatments": results of national survey of US internists and rheumatologists
    Jon C Tilburt
    Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    BMJ 337:a1938. 2008
    ..To describe the attitudes and behaviours regarding placebo treatments, defined as a treatment whose benefits derive from positive patient expectations and not from the physiological mechanism of the treatment itself...

Research Grants1

  1. Religious Commitments and Clinical Engagements
    Farr Curlin; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This research will greatly increase knowledge regarding the ways that religious commitments influence the forms of "integrated medicine" that physicians would be willing to offer to patients. ..