Praying for a Cure

When Medical and Religious Practices Conflict

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Praying for a Cure

When Medical and Religious Practices Conflict

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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.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1 High-Risk Religion: Christian Science and the Violation of Informed ConsentMargaret P. Battin
Chapter 4 2 Rational Choice and Alternative Worldviews: A Defense of Christian SciencePeggy DesAutels
Chapter 5 3 Put Up or Shut Up? Countering the Defense of Christian ScienceMargaret P. Battin
Chapter 6 4 Putting UpPeggy DesAutels
Chapter 7 5 Challenging Medical AuthorityLarry May
Chapter 8 6 Challenging Medical MetaphysicsPeggy DesAutels
Chapter 9 7 Respecting Medical Science and Christian ScienceLarry May
Chapter 10 8 Protecting Christian Science from Medical SciencePeggy DesAutels
Part 11 Conclusion: Agreeing to Disagree?Margaret P. Battin
Part 12 Index
Part 13 About the Authors

Product details

Published Jan 01 2000
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9780585254036
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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