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Impact of spirituality and religiousness on outcomes in patients with ALS

From the Biopsychology Subprogram (Rev. Murphy and Dr. Weber), Hunter College, the Graduate School and University Center of the City of New York; and the Department of Neurology (Drs. Rowland, Albert, and Weber, and Rev. Murphy and M.L. Del Bene), the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Center (Drs. Albert and Rowland, Rev. Murphy, and M.L. Del Bene), and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center (Drs. Albert and Weber), Columbia University, New York.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Rev. Peregrine L. Murphy, Hunter College, Department of Psychology, 695 Park Avenue HN 611, New York, NY 10021.

The Project of Death in America Study at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center enrolled 121 patients with ALS from 1996 through 1997, 46 of whom participated in a study assessing the effects of religiousness and spirituality (attachment to life, mental health, support group, health care proxy, and attitudes toward death) on outcomes (technology and death). Spirituality or religion influenced use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, noninvasive assisted ventilation, tracheotomy, and attitudes toward the dying process.–1584

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