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Controversies in faith and health care
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Controversies in faith and health care

Abstract

Differences in religious faith-based viewpoints (controversies) on the sanctity of human life, acceptable behaviour, health-care technologies and health-care services contribute to the widespread variations in health care worldwide. Faith-linked controversies include family planning, child protection (especially child marriage, female genital mutilation, and immunisation), stigma and harm reduction, violence against women, sexual and …

Authors

Tomkins A; Duff J; Fitzgibbon A; Karam A; Mills EJ; Munnings K; Smith S; Seshadri SR; Steinberg A; Vitillo R

Journal

The Lancet, Vol. 386, No. 10005, pp. 1776–1785

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

10 2015

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60252-5

ISSN

0140-6736