Caring and Curing: Health and Medicine in the Western Religious Traditions

by Ronald L. Numbers

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A fascinating and enlightening overview of how religious values have come to affect the practice of medicine and medical care.

Most religious traditions have a rich, if largely forgotten, heritage of involvement in medical issues of life, death, and health. Religious values influence our behavior and attitudes toward sickness, sexuality, and lifestyle, to say nothing of more controversial subjects such as abortion and euthanasia...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801857961

ISBN13:9780801857966

Release Date:December 1997

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:622 Pages

Weight:2.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Education & Reference History Medical Medical Books Parenting & Relationships Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies

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