Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture - Badaracco, Claire (Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2007)
Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1. "Man's accidents are God's purposes" : Harvard and heroic cures -- 2. Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book -- 3. Measuring prayer : scientific models of religion -- 4. Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing -- 5. The medicated public square : advertising science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected readings -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.
Keywords: Medicine -- Religious aspects; Alternative medicine -- United States -- History; Spiritual healing -- United States -- History; Mass media -- Religious aspects; Health in mass media