Praying for a Cure
When Medical and Religious Practices Conflict
Published on 25. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-0-8476-9263-7 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
The right to turn one's chosen source is now well established in both law and ethics, but where children are unable to choose for themselves the situation is fraught with moral difficulties. This book highlights some of these difficulties and gives an insight into the doctrines and beliefs of Christian Scientists. There are no easy answers, although the insights offered by this book help to inform the debate. * Bulletin of Medical Ethics *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-9263-7 (9780847692637)
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Previous edition
Margaret Pabst Battin | Peggy DesAuteles | Larry May
Praying for a Cure
Medical Ethics in Conflict with Religious Freedom
Book
02/1999
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€37.27
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Persons
Peggy DesAutels is assistant professor of philosophy and associate director of the Ethics Center at the University of South Florida. Margaret P. Battin is professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah and the author of numerous books, including Ethics in the Sanctuary: Examining the Practicesof Organized Religion (Yale) and The Least Worst Death: Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life (Rowman & Littlefield). Larry May is professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis and has authored numerous books, including The Socially Responsive Self (Chicago). He is also the co-editor of Rethinking Masculinity (Rowman & Littlefield).
Content
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
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