Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present

In this article, we have evaluated the status of medical articles related to religion and spirituality published in the last 50 years in the literature to determine the distribution of studies on religion and spirituality by the major religions in the world and decades. There was a continuous increa...

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Main Author: Hüseyin Çaksen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Permanyer 2025-07-01
Series:Revista Médica del Hospital General de México
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Online Access:https://www.hospitalgeneral.mx/frame_eng.php?id=237
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description In this article, we have evaluated the status of medical articles related to religion and spirituality published in the last 50 years in the literature to determine the distribution of studies on religion and spirituality by the major religions in the world and decades. There was a continuous increase in the number of articles related to “religion, religious, spiritual, or spirituality,” and the major religions including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism except for Sikhism from 1971-1980 to 2011-2020. A continued increase was also noted in the number of articles on the Quran and the Bible, but not on “Hebrew Bible.” Furthermore, the articles related to Islam and Buddhism showed the highest increase among the major religions. In conclusion, religion and spirituality have been linked to medicine for centuries. Religion and medicine are inseparable because religion is the very life of life, its light, and its basis. We believe that medical articles on religion and spirituality will increase significantly over the next decade as faith is on the rise around the world.
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spelling doaj-art-111a2ccdeab647e19998e7d341d50e732025-08-20T03:09:37ZengPermanyerRevista Médica del Hospital General de México0185-10632025-07-01883Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to presentHüseyin Çaksen0Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pediatric Neurology and Genetics and Behavioral-Developmental Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, Konya, TürkiyeIn this article, we have evaluated the status of medical articles related to religion and spirituality published in the last 50 years in the literature to determine the distribution of studies on religion and spirituality by the major religions in the world and decades. There was a continuous increase in the number of articles related to “religion, religious, spiritual, or spirituality,” and the major religions including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism except for Sikhism from 1971-1980 to 2011-2020. A continued increase was also noted in the number of articles on the Quran and the Bible, but not on “Hebrew Bible.” Furthermore, the articles related to Islam and Buddhism showed the highest increase among the major religions. In conclusion, religion and spirituality have been linked to medicine for centuries. Religion and medicine are inseparable because religion is the very life of life, its light, and its basis. We believe that medical articles on religion and spirituality will increase significantly over the next decade as faith is on the rise around the world. https://www.hospitalgeneral.mx/frame_eng.php?id=237Medicine. Article. Religion. Spirituality.
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Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present
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Medicine. Article. Religion. Spirituality.
title Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present
title_full Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present
title_fullStr Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present
title_full_unstemmed Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present
title_short Status of medical articles on religion and spirituality from past to present
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topic Medicine. Article. Religion. Spirituality.
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