FAITH AND HEALING

Faith healing and faith in healing.

Sarkar and Seshadri have presented an interesting paper in this issue on the ethical approach that a physician should take when faced with requests for faith healing (1). The paper describes four approaches that the physician can take. These are rejecting the request, keeping oneself detached from the issue, endorsing the request and trying to understand the practices concerned so as to make a ...

Faith-healing

Saxton, Ltd., Birminigham, 24. Pp. 123. 1Hs. Gd. I HE full title of this book is "Faitlh lhealing aind healing methods founded thereon, including Dr. Shipsey's healing metho(ds scientifically explained: its relationship to Christian Science, spiritualistmi and prayer," by Dr. Michael Shipsey, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., N.U.I. The author has submitted his book for reveiw. He makes the claim that his "...

Faith Healing Confronts Modern Medicine

This is the second of a 3-part series analyzing a recent report in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine claiming to have shown positive results (a 100% increase in pregnancies from in vitro fertilization) resulting from distant prayers performed simultaneously by 3 different volunteer prayer groups in 3 different countries. Part 1 analyzed the scientific defects of the study. Part 2 analyzes th...

Dealing with requests for faith healing treatment.

Faith healing practices are common in the Indian subcontinent, for remedying physical as well as psychiatric disorders. Patients and/ or their family members often resort to such treatment, especially when dissatisfied with the usual medical care or when the patient has a terminal illness. The application of the principles of medical ethics varies across cultures and time, and with the ethical ...

Abraham, Isaac and the state: faith healing and legal intervention.