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[Viewpoints of 7 religions on contraception, prenatal diagnosis, induced abortion and infant death]
Increasing numbers of people from other cultures have migrated to the Nordic countries. Most of them are young people who often differ from us in their traditions and their attitudes to contraception,...
Death with dignity : significance of religious beliefs and practices in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
1. Nurses can help individuals more readily deal with death and dying by examining cultural variations in death reactions and rituals. This helps to humanize care. 2. Caring for a dying client is a co...
The ethical, legal and religious aspects of preembryo research
Recent advances in the field of reproduction have made it possible to obtain preembryos and to use them in many research applications. These include research into improving methods of IVF treatment, c...
Religious aspects of human genetic information
To obtain human genetic information with the intention of treating and curing severe genetic disease would be considered to be a positive personal decision of a moral agent in various religious contex...
Healing images : historical perspective
This chapter, from the book Healing images : The Role of Imagination in Health, takes a broad look at the use of imagery in across cultures from ancient times to the present. The author discuss...
The historical relationship between psychiatry and the major religions
This chapter of the volume Psychiatry and Religion: The Convergence of Mind and Spirit presents a cross-cultural examination on the contemporary relation between psychiatry and the religious t...
The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS)
The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences is a non-profit organization seeking to foster dialogue and research between modern scientific disciplines and the world's religions. (Zach Rowinski 20...
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