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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.

'Humanized' yes. 'Christianized' (or Islamic) medicine, NO!