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Thread #103583 Message #2111958
Posted By: Greg B
26-Jul-07 - 01:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Christianized' medicine
Subject: RE: BS: 'Christianized' medicine
All the various 'Christianizations' of medicine seek to fix the fundamental problem which went back to the man himself--- that medical care is only for the rich.
Solve that, and the 'do gooders' such as Danny Thomas' charity and so on would be able to do good elsewhere.
Most of the 'First World' accepts health care as a fundamental right of citizens. It's the US that lags here; where socialized medicine threatens the lavish lifestyles of the medical providers and corporations.
That said, I resist Moore's flippant analogy.
We have quite enough of 'Christian' pharmacists refusing to dispense certain prescribed drugs, such as RU486, on 'moral' grounds. Their job is not to impose morality; it is to dispense duly-prescribed medications.
And we have more than enough 'Christian' hospitals refusing women the full spectrum of post-rape care because they don't believe in 'morning after' pills.
To say nothing of Catholic employers who seek to exempt themselves from legally mandated medical coverage of contraception for their employees, be they Catholic or not.
No, the last thing we need is 'Christianized' medicine.