The Catholic Health Association of the United States has chosen to allow the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services to supersede Pope John Paul II’s allocution on patients in a permanent vegetative state.
A graduate of Georgetown medical school explains the rich moral training in social justice and commitment to humanity she received at that Jesuit institution.
The editor for May, a student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, introduces this issue by explaining the seven moral tenets that guide Catholic health care.
Bioethicist Bruce Jennings examines the changing role of physicians in end-of-life care, from paternalistic decision maker to advisor-technician and half-way back.