Richard P. Sloan is professor of behavioral medicine (in psychiatry) at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center. He examines the link between psychological factors and heart disease, among other issues. Sloan cautions physicians against prescribing religion as medicine, and he urges them to maintain a separation between their role as physicians and their patients’ spiritual lives and needs.
| Website | http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=rps7&DepAffil=Psychiatry |
| Email address | rps7@columbia.edu |
| Phone number | 212-851-5575 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Health care, Science & health |
| Locations | New York, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Languages | English |