Faith and health : religion, science, and public policy /
Simmons, Paul D.
Faith and health : religion, science, and public policy / Paul D. Simmons. - 1st ed. - Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2008. - 293 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
Human suffering and the medical mandate -- False hope : faith and healing in the icu -- Health care and the future : faith perspectives and healthcare reform -- Aging as an assault on human dignity : spirituality and end-of-life decision-making -- Religion, politics, and a right to die -- Faith and the future of physician-assisted suicide -- Ethics and the artificial heart : cyborgs and the human future -- Ethics and CTA : might we have your face? -- Religion, ethics, and the great embryo stem cell debate -- Faith, ethics, and abortion : thinking about the unthinkable -- Medicine and the demonic : should psychiatrists engage in exorcisms? -- Appendices.
9780881460858 (paperback : alk. paper) 0881460850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007051524
Suffering--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Health--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Medical care--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Medical ethics--Decision making.
Christian ethics--Baptist authors.
Religion and science.
BT732.7 / .S58 2008
201/.7621
Faith and health : religion, science, and public policy / Paul D. Simmons. - 1st ed. - Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2008. - 293 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
Human suffering and the medical mandate -- False hope : faith and healing in the icu -- Health care and the future : faith perspectives and healthcare reform -- Aging as an assault on human dignity : spirituality and end-of-life decision-making -- Religion, politics, and a right to die -- Faith and the future of physician-assisted suicide -- Ethics and the artificial heart : cyborgs and the human future -- Ethics and CTA : might we have your face? -- Religion, ethics, and the great embryo stem cell debate -- Faith, ethics, and abortion : thinking about the unthinkable -- Medicine and the demonic : should psychiatrists engage in exorcisms? -- Appendices.
9780881460858 (paperback : alk. paper) 0881460850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007051524
Suffering--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Health--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Medical care--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Medical ethics--Decision making.
Christian ethics--Baptist authors.
Religion and science.
BT732.7 / .S58 2008
201/.7621