The Patient Body: Our Sick Body Politic
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Politicizing sick bodies and the body politic’s sickness. Continue Reading →
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The Patient Body: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’s Spiritual Causes and Cures
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: People suffering from a disease that medicine won’t take seriously look to religion for answers. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: Narratives of Female Pain
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Telling the story of gender and suffering. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: The Cultural Claims of the Dead
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: The power the dead have over us. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: No Burden Too Great
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Women’s many burdens in the fight for reproductive justice. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: Phyllis Schlafly’s Urology
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Bathrooms, civil rights legislation, and holding it. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: Doctors and Religious Sensitivity
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Religious sensitivity training that masks, rather than fixes, problems in our healthcare system. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: When are Religious Exemptions Religious?
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: Healthcare and the Kiss of Jesus
A monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: Accusing the FDA of Playing God
A monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. Continue Reading →