Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco.

  • Badaracco, Claire.
Date:
[2007], ©2007
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

xii, 264 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm

Contributors

Contents

"Man's accidents are God's purposes" : Harvard and heroic cures -- Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book -- Measuring prayers : scientific models of religion -- Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing -- The medicated public square : advertising science.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CW.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781932792898
  • 1932792899