{"id":889,"date":"2017-01-20T16:55:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/?page_id=889"},"modified":"2018-10-01T13:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:35:45","slug":"religion-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/religion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Religious beliefs, teachings, and\u00a0traditions can often help patients and families navigate the shoals of end-of-life decision making. \u00a0Some of the general guidance provided by religious organizations on\u00a0end-of-life decision making is <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/files\/2018\/10\/ClosureADEC.pdf\">provided here<\/a>, along with the chart below showing percentages of denominational adherents in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/files\/2017\/01\/j3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-930 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/files\/2017\/01\/j3.jpg\" width=\"763\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/files\/2017\/01\/j3.jpg 763w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/files\/2017\/01\/j3-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the share of Americans who do not identify with any organized religion is growing. These changes affect all regions in the country and many demographic groups<\/em>. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/2015\/05\/12\/americas-changing-religious-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research Center: Religion and Public Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious beliefs, teachings, and\u00a0traditions can often help patients and families navigate the shoals of end-of-life decision making. \u00a0Some of the general guidance provided by religious organizations on\u00a0end-of-life decision making is provided here, along with the chart below showing percentages of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/religion-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":585,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/caring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}