Bad Faith
In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio s Amish country despite the fact that these are all vaccine preventable diseases Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses Christian Scientists pray for healing instead of going to the doctor, Jehovah s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions, and ultra Orthodox Jewish mohels spread herpes by using a primitive ritual to clean the wound Tragically, children suffer and die every year from treatable diseases, and in most states it is legal for parents to deny their children care for religious reasons In twenty first century America, how could this be happening In Bad Faith, acclaimed physician and author Dr Paul Offit gives readers a never before seen look into the minds of those who choose to medically martyr themselves, or their children, in the name of religion Offit chronicles the stories of these faithful and their children, whose devastating experiences highlight the tangled relationship between religion and medicine in America Religious or not, this issue reaches everyone whether you are seeking treatment at a Catholic hospital or trying to keep your kids safe from diseases spread by their unvaccinated peers.Replete with vivid storytelling and complex, compelling characters, Bad Faith makes a strenuous case that denying medicine to children in the name of religion isn t just unwise and immoral, but a rejection of the very best aspects of what belief itself has to offer. 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Offit – kino-fada.fr If you have been following my reviews at all, even say the last five, then you d know that I m not a religious person Up until right now, and with few exceptions, I would say that I m tolerant of others beliefs but I ve found my line in the sand, it seems That would be where some people or religions, like Christian Science for example, choose to use belief or prayer as their only method of healthcare, and it causes people to suffer and die needlessly This, to clarify, since it was poin If you have been following my reviews at all, even say the last five, then you d know that I m not a religious person Up until right now, and with few exceptions, I would say that I m tolerant of others beliefs but I ve found my line in the sand, it seems That would be where some people or religions, like Christian Science for example, choose to use belief or prayer as their only method of healthcare, and it causes people to suffer and die needlessly This, to clarify, since it was pointed out to me that I did a poor job of it originally, is not the rule when it comes to religion or faith or a belief system It s definitelycommon than I would like, but it s certainly not the majority by any means This book was fucking heartbreaking and appalling and horrifying At the beginning of the book, I really wasn t sure where it was going Offit mentions that he s not anti religion, and that in fact, in researching this book, he ha...I don t always finish a nonfiction book in one day, but when I do, it s really good Fair warning though this is an emotionally difficult read Lots of descriptions of children dying awful, painful, totally preventable deaths But if you can handle it, it s an extremely important issue to get yourself informed about, and Offit is a very compassionate and engaging writer He also changed my mind about the usefulness of laws I went into this thinking that there s no way it would work to simply m I don t always finish a nonfiction book in one day, but when I do, it s really good Fair warning though this is an emotionally difficult read Lots of descriptions of children dying awful, painful, totally preventable deaths But if you can handl...All in all, this book sets out to do what it aims to highlight the dangers of following faith healing practices over sound medical advice The examples highlighted in this book are both harrowing and heartbreaking They provide insight into an important and often overlooked topic.Yet, in several places, Offit s arguments jump the shark Especially i...Thank you for the advance copy from First Reads In the introduction Dr Offit begins with many stories that will break your heart and make you grind your teeth He ends this introduction stating that this book is about using faith and religion as a source of information to convince the reader to seek a medical professional and not just prayer alone This grinded my gears at first Then I realized this book isn t for me I don t need convincing that science based medicine is the best alternative Thank you for the advance copy from First Reads In the introduction Dr Offit begins with many stories that will break your heart and make you grind your teeth He ends this introduction stating that this book is about using faith and religion as a source of information to convince the reader to seek a medical professional and not just prayer alone This grinded my gears at first Then I realized this book isn t for me I don t need convincing that science based medicine is the best alternative to w...This is a book about compassion It s also a chronicle of how well meaning people can loose sight of compassion It covers the dire consequences of and legal battle around faith healing That is, neglecting medicine for religious reasons Many of the cases involve cults Worst offenders are members of the so called Christian Science who s practices are neither Christian nor scientific Offit writes with compassion for both the victims and perpetrators of medical neglect.He doesn ...The author definitely engaged in cherry picking at times For example, he used bits of information about circumcision while ignoring other bits that were just as important include if one is to provide a balanced and critical argument However, I have to say, this book was so good, that I don t even care about some cherry picking here or there I was blown away by almost every story This author did a great job of relating the details of the events what illnes...3.5 stars but not rounded up I guess that s an awkward way of saying 3.5 stars rounded down to 3.I like Dr Offit s work a great deal and appreciate that he goes head on against thorny issues the anti vaccine crowd, faith healing and alternative medicine He s a man of science, and in the field of medicine that s paramount I m not sure why but I m beating around the bush in saying why I liked this book but didn t love it The scientific backing is there, as it always is, so that s not the is 3.5 stars but not rounded up I guess that s an awkward way of saying 3.5 stars rounded down to 3.I like Dr ...Two things I ve always said you just don t discuss on social media is politics and religion and now I read a book that has a religious theme The author states at the beginning of this book that that in beginning this book he would have assumed that in uncovering the stories of medical neglect that he would find religion illogical and potentially harmful but states instead that he found himself embracing religion I really didn t see that part of the book He does impart his findings in an engag Two things I ve always said you just don t discuss on social media is politics and religion and now I read a book that has a religious theme Th...If you want to feel some serious outrage, grab this book It s a scathing look at the relationship between religion and medical care, encompassing everything from Christian Scientists who let their children die of preventable illnesses because they fear medical care to anti vaccine movements among some fundamentalist Christian groups Offit attempts to be somewhat fair to the earnestness of the beliefs that would allow parents to essentially murder their children in their own homes in the name o If you want to feel some serious outrage, grab this book It s a scathing look at the relationship between religion and medical care, encompassing everything from Christian Scientists who let their children die of preventable illnesses because they fear medical care to anti vaccine movements among some fundamentalist Christian groups Offit attempts to be somewhat fair to the earnestness of the beliefs that would allow parents to essentially murder their children in their own homes in the name of religion But, he also makes it clear that he finds the prevalence of these deaths in this country both appa...Disappointing Despite Offit s obvious knowledge and passion, this book is overtaken by his need to tell stories rather than the ability to develop an argument If you re looking for a list of tragic, faith motivated deaths and superficial philosophical digressions,then this will do, but it s not a ri...
- 13 December 2018 Paul A. Offit
- Hardcover
- 272 pages
- 0465082963
- Paul A. Offit
- Bad Faith