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Roman Catholic Social Teaching and Religious Hospital Identity in a Post-Christian Age

H. Tristram Engelhardt

Christian Bioethics 6 (3):295-300 (2000)

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Importance of Begging Earnestly.Christopher Tollefsen - 2000 - Christian Bioethics 6 (3):267-280.details The author focuses on the potential for many healthcare institutions currently called ‘Catholic’ to lose their genuine Roman Catholic identity, and he offers suggestions for the future of the Catholic identity of Catholic healthcare institutions. The author then considers one particular task of the Catholic hospital, that of showing a preferential option for the poor. Some of the threats to this task are highlighted. The author concludes with some suggestions for the renewal of Catholic identity in Catholic healthcare institutions. Download Export citation Bookmark 6 citations
Catholic Social Teaching and Healthcare: Some Reservations.David Denz - 2000 - Christian Bioethics 6 (3):251-266.details The author considers the capacity of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) to contribute to the public debate about health care and then remarks on the capacity of CST to assist in the formation of “intentionally Christian institutions.” The author argues for two main points. First, there are some serious obscurities in CST's account of the derivation and interrelation of various rights. Hence, it is not altogether clear what ideal CST is seeking to promote in the public order. Second, the author argues (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 7 citations

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