Facilitator Guide

Part Four - Issues in Care for the Beginning of Life

VIDEO SEGMENT, 14:25 MINUTES

Facilitator Role:

• Welcomes participants to the session; asks participants to introduce themselves
• Distributes any handout materials
• Invites all to join in the opening prayer
• Reminds participants that reading the ERDs in advance is helpful.
• Introduces and plays the video Part Four
• Dr. Daniel Sulmasy — Introductory Comments
• Voices from Catholic Health Care
• Dr. Daniel Sulmasy — Summary and Concluding Comments
• Debriefs by asking: What is your strongest impression of the thoughts expressed in the video? Do you have other observations or questions?

Case Studies:

#1 Pre-Term Premature Rupture of Membranes

#2 Genetic Counseling and Prenatal Diagnosis

#3 Tubal Ligation for Medical Reasons

• Chooses one or more of the case studies for discussion, assigning them to the whole group or sub-groups. Asks participants to consider these questions as they discuss the case studies:
1. What ethical issues do you see here?
2. Which Directive(s) apply to the case?
3. How might the Directive(s) help address the case?
• Debriefs the discussions, inviting participants to report their observations and insights.
• Asks: Please give some examples of how the Directives in Part Four guide the delivery of care in our organization.

Summary and Conclusion