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Do you believe in traditional healing practices?

Faith healers still play a role in the cultural fabric of many Swiss communities. Some hospitals recommend faith healers as a complement to conventional medical practices. In your opinion, should faith healing be used in treating illness and injury?

This content was published on December 11, 2012 - 11:00

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Experts warn that faith healing can be dangerous if it’s the only healing method used or if healers gather a fanatical following. Given that they are providing a type of medical intervention, should faith healing practices be regulated, and why?

Prayer healing still engrained in Swiss culture

This content was published on Dec 11, 2012 Olivier Pochon, who lives in canton Fribourg, says he went to a hospital in canton Valais several years ago with a severe second-degree burn on his leg. The burn was painful, and the nurse at the hospital gave his father the phone number of a prayer healer who she said could help ease the pain…

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