The official Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services from the USCCB.
The health care system in the United States is marked by both extraordinary challenges and immense possibilities for good. In these revised Directives, the US Catholic bishops reaffirm the Church's commitment to Catholic health care ministry, in faithful imitation of Jesus Christ, the divine physician.
The Directives aim to reaffirm ethical standards of behavior and provide authoritative guidance on moral issues that face health care today. This Sixth Edition (2018) offers a helpful update of Part Six: Collaborative Arrangements With Other Health Care Organizations and Providers. This revised section offers background and guidelines for collaborative arrangements between Catholic and non-Catholic health care institutions.
Especially relevant to institutionally-based Catholic health care services, the Directives are addressed to sponsors, trustees, administrators, chaplains, physicians, health care personnel, and patients or residents of Catholic health care institutions. Readers will find this text a useful tool for giving sound guidance to students and faculty at Catholic medical schools, associations, and hospitals, in addition to all pastors, administrators, doctors, nurses, and staff in health care ministry and related pastoral care.
This edition features:
The complete text of the 6th Edition of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services
Carefully designed pages for inviting, organized reading and colored tabs at the top of each page for easy navigation
A short summary on the back explaining the document’s purpose and audience
A full index of subjects and topics for easy reference
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