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How to advocate for secular care in religious healthcare settings

My doctor keeps telling me to have faith and pray for healing and I don't know how to tell him that's not helpful without seeming ungrateful.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical vulnerability increases when healthcare providers assume spiritual needs that feel alienating rather than comforting.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Atheist and secular identity?”

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