| Praying for a Cure: When Medical and Religious Practices Conflict Contributor(s): Desautels, Peggy (Author), Battin, Margaret P. (Author), May, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847692639 ISBN-13: 9780847692637 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $47.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Three medical ethicists take varied and often opposing stands on the ethical, social, and political issues that arise when religious and medical practices conflict. The interchange focuses on the tensions between the belief systems, institutional practices, and health-related decisions of Christian Scientists and those of a secularized medically oriented, broader society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Ethics - Medical | Ethics - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 261.561 |
| LCCN: 98-45358 |
| Series: Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.82" W x 8.96" (0.52 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the children of Christian Scientists die from a treatable illness, are their parents guilty of murder for withholding that treatment? How should the rights of children, the authority of the medical community, and religious freedom be balanced? Is it possible for those adhering to a medical model of health and disease and for those adhering to the Christian Science model to enter into a meaningful dialogue, or are the two models incommensurable? DesAutels, Battin, and May engage in a lucid and candid debate of the issues of who is ultimately responsible for deciding these questions and how to accommodate (and, in some cases, constrain) Christian Science views and practices within a pluralistic society. |