Blind Faith The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine

Name: Blind Faith The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine
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ISBN: 9780312348823

ISBN-10: 0312348827

ISBN-13: 9780312348823

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Authors: Richard P. Sloan

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Pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives. Surgeons who pray in the OR. Pro-life clinics and end-of-life interventions, intelligent-design activists and stem-cell-research opponents. Isthisthe state of modern medicine inAmerica? InBlind Faith,Dr. Richard P. Sloan examines the fragile balance and dangerous alliance between religion and medicine—two practices that have grown disconcertingly close during the twenty-first century. While Sloan does not dispute the fact that religion can bring a sense of comfort in times of difficulty, he nevertheless believes, and in fact proves, that there is no compelling evidence that faith provides an actual cure for any…

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List price: $22.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 3/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Religion and Health, Yesterday and Today



Introduction



Religion and Medicine in History



From Sputnik to Angels: Science, Subjectivity, and the Rise of Irrationalism



Why Now?



Reading the Evidence



Are There Really So Many Studies on Religion and Health?



How Good Is the Evidence?



Is There Really a Health Advantage to the Religiously Active?



Attendance at Services and Mortality



Why Long-Distance Healing Doesn't Have a Prayer



Religion and the Practice of Medicine



Ethical Problems



Is It Practical to Bring Religion into Medicine?



Is There Really a Demand for Bringing Religion into Medicine?



Trivializing the Transcendent: Be Careful What You Wish For



Conclusions



Religion and Medicine: Hope or Hype?


Notes


Index