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Pope Francis and the Transformation of Health Care Ethics

Michael G. Lawler

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A call to reform Catholic health care ethics, inspired by the teachings of Pope Francis

Since its first edition in 1948, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services has guided Catholic institutions in the provision of health care that reflects both the healing ministry of Jesus and the church's understanding of human dignity. However, while the papacy of Pope Francis and the clerical sex-abuse scandal both profoundly impacted the Catholic Church, the latest edition of the ERD does not address or reflect these transformations.

Now, for the first time, Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler present an extended critical commentary on the 2018 ERD. They propose new ways forward for US Catholic health care ethics that prioritize human dignity as their guiding principle. As there is pluralism in Catholic definitions of human dignity, there must be pluralism in the norms and directives that facilitate realizing human dignity. Pope Francis's emphasis on the virtues of mercy and care should move the ERD forward from a focus on absolute norms in medical ethics to a focus on virtues and principles to guide both patients and health care professionals in their discerned conscientious health care decisions.

Language: English

Pages: 234

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Release: June 01, 2021

Pope Francis and the Transformation of Health Care Ethics

Michael G. Lawler

0/5 ( ratings)

A call to reform Catholic health care ethics, inspired by the teachings of Pope Francis

Since its first edition in 1948, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services has guided Catholic institutions in the provision of health care that reflects both the healing ministry of Jesus and the church's understanding of human dignity. However, while the papacy of Pope Francis and the clerical sex-abuse scandal both profoundly impacted the Catholic Church, the latest edition of the ERD does not address or reflect these transformations.

Now, for the first time, Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler present an extended critical commentary on the 2018 ERD. They propose new ways forward for US Catholic health care ethics that prioritize human dignity as their guiding principle. As there is pluralism in Catholic definitions of human dignity, there must be pluralism in the norms and directives that facilitate realizing human dignity. Pope Francis's emphasis on the virtues of mercy and care should move the ERD forward from a focus on absolute norms in medical ethics to a focus on virtues and principles to guide both patients and health care professionals in their discerned conscientious health care decisions.

Language: English

Pages: 234

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Release: June 01, 2021

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