Physicians need to carefully explain the difficult medical realities of carrying a fetus with severe congenital abnormalities to term but then follow the wishes of a religious family who ask for reasonable medical care.

Physicians need to understand their roles and limitations of their own faith in providing end-of-life care.

Physicians need to understand their roles and limitations of their own faith in providing end-of-life care.

Physicians need to understand their roles and limitations of their own faith in providing end-of-life care.

Physicians need to understand their roles and limitations of their own faith in providing end-of-life care.

Physicians face ethical dilemmas when patients request medical help in pursuing behavior the physician believes is immoral.

Physicians face ethical dilemmas when patients request medical help in pursuing behavior the physician believes is immoral.

Physicians need to understand that a patient's faith shapes his or her understanding of illness and know how to respond when the patient attempts to evangelize during the clinical encounter.

Physicians need to understand that a patient's faith shapes his or her understanding of illness and know how to respond when the patient attempts to evangelize during the clinical encounter.

Physicians need to understand that a patient's faith shapes his or her understanding of illness and know how to respond when the patient attempts to evangelize during the clinical encounter.