Godly Preventive Medicine

[P]reventive medicine is an idea thoroughly consistent with scripture. God has granted life, and He requires that we be good stewards of each life. God is “pro-life!” Each human being bears His image. Though the image is not our physical appearance, we are to honor God's image in all people by supporting their life and refusing to take innocent life. The answer to the Westminster Larger Catechism question #136 includes preservation of life under the sins forbidden in the sixth commandment: “... the neglecting or withdrawing the lawful or necessary means of preservation of life; ...immoderate use of meat, drink, labor, and recreation, provoking words, oppression, quarreling, striking, wounding, and whatsoever else tends to the destruction of the life of any.” Obedience to the sixth commandment is more fully accomplished by godly living than it is in preventive medicine (as it is presently conceived).

Excerpt from "How Would God Have Us Practice Preventive Medicine?"