January-February 2012

Volume 93, Number 1

Special Section:
Reflecting on Who We Are

• Our Greatest Treasures
• An Examination of Conscience: The Catholic Identity of Catholic Health Care
• The Church, Social Justice and the Catholic Health Care Ministry
• Our Mission: Take Care of Hearts while Taking Care of Business
• Assessing, Addressing Community Health Needs: Steeped in Catholic Identity and History

Features

• Idea Bank for Partnerships: Reaching Out in Good Faith

Our Ministry

• Thinking Globally: Help for Haitians Starts with Learning

Ethical Perspectives

• 'Just' Care: Who Decides? Health Reform and Long-Term Care
• Debunking 'Death Panels': Unfounded Assumptions Undercut Planning for a 'Good Death'

Departments

• Editor's Note — Following the Spirit in Changing Times
• Health Reform Update — The Facts Speak Volumes: Moving People to Support the Affordable Care Act
• Mission and Leadership — From the Wings to Center Stage: Catholic Long-Term Care Poised for Growth
• Community Benefit — Partners and Tools Help Simplify Assessments
• Ethics — Healing Begins with Our Hearts
• Canon Law — Canonical Principles Address Disparities
• Book Review — Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care
• Book Review — Last Acts of Kindness: Lessons for the Living from the Bedsides of the Dying
• Book Review — Positive Spirituality in Health Care: Nine Practical Approaches to Pursuing Wholeness for Clinicians, Patients and Health Care Organizations
• Prayer Service — Open Our Eyes

March-April 2012

Volume 93, Number 2

Special Section:
Person-Centered Care

• Each Person is a Treasure
• Medical Home Model for Improved Patient Care
• Teamwork — The New Way
• Empowered Patients are Here to Stay
• Patient-Family Councils Make the Difference
• Care Across Cultures: Does Every Patient Need to Know?
• Spotlighting those Moments: Small Acts Become Sacred Encounters
• Lessons from Pope John Paul II: 'Theology of the Body' Underpins Health Care
• Patient-Centered Care through a Couple's Eyes: HeartPrints Eased the Grief

Features

• We are Body and Spirit. Can We Heal the Divide?
• Bishop Urges Dialogue for Stronger Church

Ethical Perspectives

• Physician Employment in an Era of Health Reform: Using Shared Ideals to Achieve Social Interests

Our Ministry

• Thinking Globally —  Let's Make Donations More Effective: Don't Waste These Important Efforts

Departments

• Editor's Note — When Doctors Admit What They Don't Know
• Health Reform Update — The Facebook Frontier: Compelling Social Media Can Transform Health Dialogue
• Community Benefit — System's Mobile Clinics Help Overcome Neglect of Dental Health
• Ethics — Who is the Person in Person-Centered Care? To Be Ethical, is it Enough to be 'Person-Centered'?
• Prayer Service — The Wonders of Creation

May-June 2012

Volume 93, Number 3

Special Section:
Professional Pipelines

• Finding and Forming Dedicated People
• Physicians and Catholic Health Care: Educating Doctors for Mission Fit
• Humanities Enrich Physician Training
• Case Notes: How the Arts Help this Doctor Connect
  
• Building a Pipeline: Connect Young Talent with the Ministry
• Mission Integration Leaders: A System Draws from Many Streams
• Ethics Education Enhances Skills of Doctors in Training
• Strategies in Education: Breaking Down Silos, Building Up Teams
• Chief Nursing Officers: Program Teaches New Skills to New Leaders

Feature

• Can For-profit Catholic Health Care Get the Mission Right?

Our Ministry

• Thinking Globally: Doing Good Isn't Good Enough

Departments

• Editor's Note — The Humanities Feed, Engage Our Hearts
• Health Reform Update — Physicians and the Affordable Care Act: Much to Like
• Community Benefit — Hallmarks for Assessing a Solid Program
• Ethics — Nurturing Health Care Ethicists For the Future
• Canon Law — Strict Interpretation Helps Avoid Harshness
• Book Review — Death with Dignity: Ethical and Practical Considerations for Caregivers of the Terminally Ill
• Prayer Service — Healing Disparities in Health Care