Religious Influences: Health Care Decisions for Children

Dr. Luanne Linnard-Palmer
Department Chair and Professor, Nursing
415-257-1364
linnard@dominican.edu

• The Influence of religion and culture to parents' health care decision making for their children,
  
• The rise of childhood obesity and its subsequent complications in the perioperative period.

Dr. Linnard-Palmer is the author of "Religious and Cultural Influences on Healthcare Treatment Decisions for Children, A Pediatric Clinical Handbook."