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This award winning article (Honorable MentionBest Essay, 2019 Catholic Press Association Awards) explores ways in which Catholics, understanding the legitimate breadth of Catholic teaching, may continue to be a part of a health care system increasingly hostile to their faith and practices.

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Why is it important?

Understanding the legitimate breadth of permissible activity for Catholics involved in caring for patients is essential to a continued Catholic presence in health care.

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The starting pint for understanding how Catholics can continue to be a part of an increasingly difficult health care environment is to understand the legitimate breadth of permissible activity, and to recognize that there can and will be differences of opinion about them.

Barbara Golder
Catholic Medical Association

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This page is a summary of: The Evolution in Practice of Catholic Health-care Workers, The Linacre Quarterly, May 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0024363918770461.
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