Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 84-90 , 1 March 2006

Religion, Spirituality, and Depressive Symptoms in Primary Care House Officers

Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif, May 2004.

  • Michael S. Yi, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michael S. Yi, MD, MSc, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Outcomes Research, PO Box 670535, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0535
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  • Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Joseph M. Mrus, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • HSR&D Service, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Caroline V. Mueller, M

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Amy H. Peterman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL
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  • Christina M. Puchalski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, Washington, DC
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  • Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • HSR&D Service, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 18 April 2005 ,Accepted 5 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2005.10.002

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 84-90 , 1 March 2006

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