Blind Faith: The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine

"Edged in controversy, Blind Faith exposes the flawed research practices and questionable claims made by certain scientists and practitioners whose aim appears to be bringing religion into medicine regardless of the evidence. By showing how real science works, Sloan exposes the destructive forces at play when two very different domains - religion and medicine - meet. Discussing the role of the media in propagating the myth of religion's curative power, the uncritical stance of the medical community, and the rise in scientific illiteracy in America, Blind Faith presents readers with a chilling vision of a world where weak science is embraced as established fact, critical ethical issues are ignored, significant practical considerations are abandoned, and religion itself is trivialized. As twenty-first-century America increasingly turns its back on science, the danger of health care being invaded by faith-related propaganda is a genuine threat to the practice of a compassionate yet evidence-based medicine."--Jacket.… (more)