Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America - Schoepflin, Rennie B. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003)
The world of Christian Science healers -- Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the world -- Physicians debate Christian Science -- Therapeutic choice or religious liberty? -- Public health and the protection of children -- Century of promise then peril.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index.
Keywords: Christian Science -- History; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Christian Science -- History; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States; Spiritual healing -- History -- United States; Spiritual healing -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Christian Science -- History -- United States; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- United States; Patient refusal of treatment -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States