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Abstract
Despite increased interest in the religious needs of patients with serious illness, the form that religious issues take in patients coping with an illness such as cancer has received little systematic attention. In this evaluation of 50 consecutive hospitalized cancer patients seen in psychiatric consultation, 32 patients were concerned with religious issues. Thirteen patients mentioned religion spontaneously, and 18 were actively struggling with several forms of religious problems: only 9 appeared to have discussed these conccrns with other members of the hospital staff. These findings have implications for the provision of more comprehensive care to patients with cancer and for future research.