TITLE:
When All Roads Lead to Rome: The Catholic Hospital Dilemma Impacts Entire US Healthcare System
AUTHORS:
Mary Ann Keogh Hoss, Kevin S. Decker
KEYWORDS:
US Healthcare System; Catholic; Ethical and Religious Directives; Bishops
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.2 No.4,
December
18,
2013
ABSTRACT: With the stripping of 2 Catholic Hospitals
of their status as Catholic in 2010, much information has come forward on the
72 Ethical and Religious Directives (ERDs) of the Catholic Hospital Association
of the United States (CHA). With this, the authority of the bishops of the
Catholic Church in relationship to delivery of health care has been called into
question. The decision of the bishop in Phoenix has raised clinical, ethical
and operational concerns which are explored. CHA claims that 1 in every 6
patients in the USis in a Catholic
Hospital. The questions related to the public on the impact of the ERDs for
their healthcare are staggering. Is one’s healthcare in the hands of a bishop
should some ethical dilemma occur? These questions are explored.