When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law

When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-304

  Peters, Shawn Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's rights; Christianity; Faith healing; Religion based medical neglect; Religious liberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921346133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306354.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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