Faith and health : religion, science, and public policy - Simmons, Paul D. (Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
Keywords: Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Baptists; Health -- Religious aspects -- Baptists; Medical care -- Religious aspects -- Baptists; Medical ethics -- Decision making; Christian ethics -- Baptist authors; Religion and science