Faith Healing, Christian Science, and the Medical Care of Children
- 29 December 1983
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 309 (26) , 1639-1641
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198312293092610
Abstract
Christian Science was developed in the late 19th century as one of many drugless healing methods. Its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, repeatedly called it a system of medicine.1 , 2 She founded her Massachusetts Metaphysical College "for medical purposes,"3 and graduated "doctors of Christian Science."4 She recommended that doctors become Christian Scientists.5 She applauded when North Carolina law recognized Christian Science practitioners as professional healers and licensed them along with physicians.6 She protested when other licensing boards denied her practitioners rights to "the practice of medicine."7 The terminology of her system duplicates that of a medical health-care system. The church trains "nurses" . . .Keywords
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