● <B>SURVEY. More than three-quarters of docs believe in God. </B>The majority of doctors believe in God and attend religious services, and more than half say their religious beliefs affect how they practice medicine, according to new survey results. Study author Dr Farr A. Curlin of the University of Chicago in Illinois said he was ?surprised? at the findings, given that previous studies have shown that scientists are less religious than the general population, and religious beliefs tend to diminish as education and income levels increase. However, the field of medicine involves caring for others, and therefore may attract spiritual people, Curlin said. For the study, Curlin and his colleagues mailed surveys about religious beliefs to 2 000 doctors practising in the US Sixty-three percent of doctors returned the survey.