Faith and health : religion, science, and public policy / Paul D. Simmons.

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2008], ©2008.

293 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-288) and index.

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.