Peggy Desautels, Margaret P. Battin, Larry May

Praying for a Cure (eBook, ePUB)

When Medical and Religious Practices Conflict

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780585254036
• Artikelnr.: 49824476

Autorenporträt

By Desautels and Battin

Inhaltsangabe

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