Blind faith
Subtitle: the unholy alliance of religion and medicine
By: Richard P. Sloan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780312348816
Subjects: Medicine; Médecine; Religious aspects; Aspect religieux; Religion and Medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Religion and health, yesterday and today; title: Introduction; title: Religion and medicine in history; title: From Sputnik to angels: science, subjectivity, and the rise of irrationalism; title: Why now?; title: pt. 2. Reading the evidence; title: Are there really so many studies on religion and health?; title: How good is the evidence; title: Is there really a health advantage to the religiously active?; title: Attendance at services and mortality; title: Why long-distance healing doesn't have a prayer; title: pt. 3. Religion and the practice of medicine; title: Ethical problems; title: Is it practical to bring religion into medicine?; title: Is there really a demand for bringing religion into medicine?; title: Trivializing the transcendent: be careful what you wish for; title: pt. 4. Conclusions; title: Religion and medicine: hope or hype?