Health Progress

• What Does It Mean To Be a Missionary Disciple in Health Care?

  Spring 2024

• Creating a Road Map for the Ethical Donation of Goods

  Spring 2024

• Why an Alliance Between Compliance and Leadership in Health Care Is Crucial

  Spring 2024

• National Organizational Ethics Survey Reveals Insights for Catholic Health Care

  Spring 2024

• Medical Directors of Mission Support Connections Between Clinician Experience and Ministry Identity

  Spring 2024

• Reflecting on the Interconnectedness of the Global Health Workforce: What Can Your System Do To Bolster the International Workforce?

  Winter 2024

• One Way to Honor Life? Plan for Death

  Winter 2024

• Caring for the Transgender Patient: Lessons for Pastoral and Spiritual Care

  Fall 2023

• Embracing New Perspectives Can Lead to Transformation

  Fall 2023

• Reflection: Catholic Hospitals and the Local Church -  Why They Matter to One Another and to Communities

  Summer 2023

• How the ERDs Can Deepen Our Catholic Identity

  Summer 2023

• Water Shapes Our Connection to Life

  Summer 2023

• Formation - Ministry Formation Has Come a Long Way, but Is It Enough?

  Spring 2023

• Ethics - What Can We Learn From Casuistry?

  Spring 2023

• A Guide to Maintaining Clinical Trial Integrity in Catholic Health Care

  Winter 2023

• Ethics - What is Abortion?

  Winter 2023

• Partners in Healing at the Intersection of Medicine and Mission

  Fall 2022

• Formation - Responding to the Signs of the Times: CHA Launches On-Demand Foundations Leadership Program

  Fall 2022

• Ethics - A Mission Guided by Prudence

  Fall 2022

• Why a Habit of Discernment Is Crucial for Catholic Health Care

  Summer 2022

• Providence Cultivates Leaders for Formation Throughout Organization: Building on Legacy So Mission Can Flourish

  Summer 2022

• Fertility Options Offer Hope for Young Adult Cancer Patients

  Summer 2022

• Ethics - The International Good Samaritan

  Summer 2022

• Preparing Ahead Wisely and Ethically to Stave Off Crisis Standards of Care

  Spring 2022

• Shaping Ministry Formation Across Catholic Health Care

  Spring 2022

• Just Wages for the Workforce: Why Health Care Should Lead the Way

  Spring 2022

• Ethics - Ministers of the Spirit

  Spring 2022

• Ethics - Food, Health and Lessons from the Catholic Worker

  Winter 2022

• Medical Professionalism and Racial Inequity

  Fall 2021

• Ethics - Vaccines: Freedom and the Common Good

  Fall 2021

• CHRISTUS Health Strikes Balance to Provide Safe, Loving Support for Patients

  Summer 2021

• A Formation Ecology for the Digital Age

  Summer 2021

• Ethics - Techniques to Foster Inter-Religious Dialogue May Assist Clinical Ethicists

  Summer 2021

• Ethics - Christmas, Ashes, Chrism and Choices

  Spring 2021

• Ethics - A Closer Look at the Authority of Church Teachings

  Winter 2021

• Ethics - Lessons from Smallpox

  Fall 2020

• Moral Distress in Health Care Professionals

  Summer 2020

• 'I Don't Want THAT Doctor to See Me'

  Summer 2020

• Chaplains Minister Amidst Changes Brought by Pandemic

  Summer 2020

• Guidelines for Rationing Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis

  Summer 2020

• Ethics - Drawing From Courage, Compassion, Hope in Pandemic Response

  Summer 2020

• Ethics - Encouraging Conversations on Health Care Decisions

  March-April 2020

• Reflecting on CRISPR Gene Editing

  January-February 2020

• Data in Health Care: Would You Share Information to Gain Better Care?

  January-February 2020

• Ethics - The Gift of Health Care

  January-February 2020

• Compassion in Disasters

  November-December 2019

• How to Use Ethical Frameworks for Disaster Planning

  November-December 2019

• Ethics - Listening Well for Symphonic Truth

  November-December 2019

• Mission and Leadership - Spiritual Care Survey Reveals Challenges for Ministry

  September-October 2019

• Ethics - Spirit Moves Us to Action

  September-October 2019

• Ethics - What Would Martha Do?

  July-August 2019

• Ethics - How Should Health Care Respond to Social Challenges?

  March-April 2019

• Book Review - Ethical and Theological Issues of Conscience in Health Care

  March-April 2019

• Health Care Coverage and the Common Good

  January-February 2019

• Grow, Partner or Exit - A Mission Discernment Framework

  November-December 2018

• Is There a Match.com for Health Care Partnerships?

  November-December 2018

• Clergy Sexual Abuse and Catholic Health Care

  November-December 2018

• Interview with Curt Ward, MD: Clinician Burnout Prompts Medical Education Changes

  November-December 2018

• Employee Displacement In Catholic Health Care: Are We Unique?

  November-December 2018

• Mission and Leadership - State of The Mission: Identity as Strategy

  November-December 2018

• Ethics - Scandal: Delving Into Popular Versus Theological Definitions

  November-December 2018

• Thinking Globally - A Proactive Approach to Natural Disasters

  November-December 2018

• Ethics - Can Organizations be Holy?

  September-October 2018

• Ethics - Moral Response in the Face of Suffering

  July-August 2018

• Ethics - Fear Is Not A Catholic Value

  May-June 2018

• Complex Considerations: 'Right to Try' Laws Raise Ethical Concerns

  March-April 2018

• Mission and Leadership - Drugs: Complexities, Conflicts, Contradictions

  March-April 2018

• Ethics - Our Interdependence is Both Cause and Cure

  March-April 2018

• Patients Personify What Ethical Principles Mean

  January-February 2018

• Ethics - Is There A Catholic Policy on Health Care Reform?

  January-February 2018

• Mission and Leadership - Advancing CHA's New Strategic Plan

  January-February 2018

• Building Virtues in Life Leads to 'Good Death'

  November-December 2017

• We Must Earn Confidence in End-of-Life Comfort Care

  November-December 2017

• Holding Life and Death in Dynamic Tension

  November-December 2017

• Listen with Compassion, Trust the Patient

  November-December 2017

• Advance Care Planning Leads to Wished-For Care

  November-December 2017

• Guarding Charlie Gard

  November-December 2017

• The Value of Palliative Care

  November-December 2017

• The Chaplain's Role as Catalyst for 'Good Death'

  November-December 2017

• Walking on the Path Toward Peaceful Death

  November-December 2017

• Pathways to Convergence

  November-December 2017

• Ethics - Companioning Can Help Meet Complex Needs

  November-December 2017

• Book Review - The Skill of End-of-Life Communication for Clinicians

  November-December 2017

• Prayer of Caregivers Attending the End of Life

  November-December 2017

• Clinical Ethics Consultations

  September-October 2017

• Ethics - Heartbreaking Cases Test Ethics and Public Policy

  September-October 2017

• Deportation: A Moral Morass

  July-August 2017

• Ethics - Catholic Health Care as a Field Hospital

  July-August 2017

• Ethics - Preaching the Good News

  May-June 2017

• Ethics - Stewardship and Catholic Health Care

  March-April 2017

• Is Using Contraceptives Always Sinful?

  January-February 2017

• Concierge and Direct Patient Care Models: Are They Compatible with Catholic Social Teaching?

  January-February 2017

• Ethics - The Social Dimension of Health Care Ethics

  January-February 2017

• Health Care, Business and Ethics: The Goods We Hold in Common

  November-December 2016

• Preparing the Next Corps of Ethicists

  November-December 2016

• Priests Who Minister to Patients Regarding Physician-Assisted Suicide

  November-December 2016

• Perspective - A Privileged Life

  September-October 2016

• Gifts, Grace and Sr. Patricia Talone

  September-October 2016

• Ethics - If the World is Flat, What about Health Care?

  September-October 2016

• Ethics - To Reverse the Cycle of Violence, Try Humility

  July-August 2016

• Ethics - Is There a Cure for Violence?

  July-August 2016

• Ethics - From Discipleship to Fresh Air: The Environment Is Only the Most Recent Focus of a Long Tradition

  May-June 2016

• Mission Integration in Long-Term Care Settings: Four Mission Leaders Discuss the Advantages, Differences and Challenges

  March-April 2016

• Ensuring the Values in Value-Based Payments

  March-April 2016

• Ethics - A Holy Year About Demonstrating Mercy

  March-April 2016

• Ethical Values and Moral Courage: Nurses in Collective Bargaining Activities

  January-February 2016

• Ethics - The Virtuous Nurse

  January-February 2016

• Ethics - Celebrating Human Dignity: Two Documents of Vatican II

  November-December 2015

• Sustaining the Mission through Mergers, Alliances, Partnerships

  September-October 2015

• Speaking in a Unified Voice: The Power of 'We'

  September-October 2015

• Catholic Identity and the Reshaping of Health Care

  September-October 2015

• Ethics-The Challenges of Precision Medicine

  September-October 2015

• Ending Disparities of Care is a Matter of Social Justice

  July-August 2015

• Solidarity Strives to Mend Broken World

  July-August 2015

• A Reflection: Walk in My Shoes

  July-August 2015

• Patient Autonomy: Is It Ethical to Suspend a DNR Order in Surgery?

  July-August 2015

• Ethics - Ethicists in a Quickly Changing Environment

  July-August 2015

• Ethics - Health Care Delivery and Value Commitments

  May-June 2015

• Ethics - Celebrating a Leader in Health Care Ethics

  March-April 2015

• Use Catholic Tradition to Guide Telehealth

  January-February 2015

• Bioethics: Questions & Controversies

  January-February 2015

• A Catholic Theology of Employment-at-Will

  January-February 2015

• Ethics - Catholic Health Care and a Culture of Encounter

  January-February 2015

• Mom, Alzheimers and the Ethics of Letting Go

  November-December 2014

• Ethics - Solidarity with Those Suffering: The Ethics of Dementia

  November-December 2014

• Ethics - The Vision of Pope Francis: A 'Disruptor' for Catholic Health Care and Ethics?

  September-October 2014

• CHI's Formation Initiatives: Programs Help Embed Core Values

  July-August 2014

• The Growth of Systems: Unprecedented Challenges

  July-August 2014

• Ethics - The Ethical Dimension of Health Literacy

  July-August 2014

• Community Benefit - Add Ethical Decision-Making to the Planning Process

  July-August 2014

• Early Pregnancy Complications and the Ethical and Religious Directives

  May-June 2014

• Ethics - More Than Old Wine in New Wineskins: Reform Means Transformation

  May-June 2014

• Ethics - Immigration Rules Create a Game Too Hard to Play

  March-April 2014

• Ethics - Palliative Care - Stealth Euthanasia?

  January-February 2014

• The Policy Debate: CHA Resources Solidly Support Palliative Care

  January-February 2014

• Physician-Assisted Suicide: Political, Pastoral Challenges Ahead

  January-February 2014

• The Chaplain's Role Where Aid in Dying Is Legal

  January-February 2014

• Balancing Autonomy with Relationships

  January-February 2014

• 'No' Can be a Gracious Word

  January-February 2014

• Sacramental Resources Underused in Care

  January-February 2014

• Subjectivism, Vitalism? Catholic Teaching Avoids Extremes

  January-February 2014

• When the ICU Is Not the Answer

  January-February 2014

• Palliative Care: The Biblical Roots

  January-February 2014

• We Must - and We Can - Do Better

  January-February 2014

• Allocating Resources — A Wicked Problem

  November-December 2013

• Ethics - POLST: A Portable Plan for Care

  November-December 2013

• Ethics - Cooperation: A Principle That Reflects Reality

  September-October, 2012

• Downsizing for Reform: How Does Church Teaching Guide Us?

  September-October 2013

• Ethics - 'A Heart Which Sees': On Being Neighbor

  September-October 2013

• Book Review - Law's Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society

  September-October 2013

• Extending The Mission Remotely: Integrating the Values of Catholic Health Care In New Models, Emerging Markets

  July-August 2013

• Dignity Health: New Name, Same Mission

  July-August 2013

• KentuckyOne: Building Upon Cultural Legacy

  July-August 2013

• Rethinking Ethics: Employed Physicians, ACOs, High Costs Prompt Review

  July-August 2013

• Our Sponsors: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

  July-August 2013

• The 'Sweet Spot' of Catholic Health Care Ministry Leadership

  July-August 2013

• A Summary: Caritas in Communion

  July-August 2013

• Ethics - Catholic Health Care Must Stand in the Middle

  July-August 2013

• Community Benefit - Community Benefit Needs Board Oversight

  July-August 2013

• Mission and Leadership - CHRISTUS Health Designs with Mission in Mind

  July-August 2013

• Book Review - Should We Live Forever? The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging

  July-August 2013

• Ethics — Catholic Identity, Ethics Need Focus In New Era

  May-June 2013

• Organizational Ethics: A Guide: Sustaining a Commitment to Mission and Core Values

  May-June 2013

• The Mentally Ill as Neighbor: Seeing the Christ Who Dwells Within

  March-April 2013

• Ethics - Understanding Ethics Calls for a Glossary

  March-April 2013

• Canon Law - Restructuring Systems: A Call For Dialogue

  January-February 2013

• Ethics - Catholic Identity, Ethics and Audits

  January-February 2013

• POLST Supports Care in Context of ERDs

  November-December, 2012

• Ethics - Just Because It Shocks Doesn't Make It Scandal

  November-December, 2012

• Book Review - On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives In Medical Ethics, Third Edition

  November-December, 2012

• Table Talk: Young Leaders Reflect on Their Calling

  September-October, 2012

• Your Conscience and Your Vote

  September-October, 2012

• Ethics - Bioethics As Missionary Work

  July-August, 2012

• Building a Pipeline: Connect Young Talent with the Ministry

  May-June 2012

• Ethics - Nurturing Health Care Ethicists for the Future

  May-June 2012

• Patient-Centered Care through a Couple's Eyes: HeartPrints Eased the Grief

  March-April 2012

• Ethics - Who Is the Person in Person-Centered Care? To be Ethical, is It Enough to be 'Person-Centered'?

  March-April 2012

• Ethics Education Enhances Skills of Doctors in Training

  May-June 2012

• The Church, Its Social Justice Tradition and the Catholic Health Care Ministry

  January-February 2012

• 'Just Care': Who Decides? Health Reform and Long-Term Care

  January-February 2012

• Debunking 'Death Panels': Unfounded Assumptions Undercut Planning for a 'Good Death'

  January-February 2012

• Ethics - Healing Begins with Our Hearts

  January-February 2012

• Needle Exchange: The Moral Framework for a Global Problem

  November-December 2011

• The Ethics of Cost Control

  November-December 2011

• Mission and Leadership - Justice and the Mission

  November-December 2011

• Ethics - Nurturing Ethicists for the Future of Catholic Health Care

  November-December 2011

• Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Threat to Patient Autonomy?

  September-October 2011

• Ethics - Ramping Up Ethics' Role: It Is at the Heart of Health Care Mission

  September-October 2011

• Ethical Perspectives On Health Care Reform - Introduction

  July-August 2011

• Ethical Perspectives On Health Care Reform - Clearing the Brush

  July-August 2011

• Ethical Perspectives On Health Care Reform - The Individual Mandate

  July-August 2011

• Ethics - Not Unique, Not Distinct — Yet Catholic?

  July-August 2011

• Team-Teaching about Palliative Care for Kids

  May-June 2011

• Mission and Leadership - At Mother's Bedside, Lessons Hit Home

  May-June 2011

• Ethics - Breaking Bonds at What Expense?

  May-June 2011

• End of Life: POLST Reflects Patient Wishes, Clinical Reality

  March-April 2011

• Ethics - Issues Beyond 'The Usual Suspects'

  March-April 2011

• Inside Francis House

  January-February 2011

• Ethics - Palliative Care Needs A Culture To Sustain It

  January-February 2011

• It's Never Easy: Delivering Bad News to Patients

  November-December 2010

• Ethics - Ethics of Right Relation, All are Responsible for All

  November-December 2010

• Health Care Ethics and Rural Life

  September-October 2010

• Ethics - Bring Back Catholic Social Teaching

  September-October 2010

• Welcoming All, Honoring Their Beliefs

  July-August 2010

• Beyond Accommodation: Diversity Is Part of Who We Are

  July-August 2010

• Lamentation: The Ethics/Gospel Divide

  July-August 2010

• What Did Jesus Do? Lessons for Health Care Leaders

  July-August 2010

• Slower is Faster: It Takes Time to Align Cultures

  July-August 2010

• Thinking Globally - Teaching in Africa: Medical Ethics Zimbabwe-Style

  July-August 2010

• Canon Law - The Ethical and Religious Directives as Particular Law

  July-August 2010

• Book Review - Living Well and Dying Faithfully

  July-August 2010

• Book Reviews - Medical Ethics and the Faith Factor: A Handbook for Clergy and Health Care Professions

  July-August 2010

• Ethics - Strengthening the Role of Ethics in Turbulent Times

  May-June 2010

• Catholic Presence: A Post-Merger Assessment

  March-April 2010

• Ethics - Catholics Understand Health Care as a Right

  March-April 2010

• Canon Law - A Guide for Church Stewards

  March-April 2010

• Introduction - Emergency Contraception A Time Of Special Need

  January-February 2010

• Sexual Violence: A Medical Center Responds

  January-February 2010

• 'Plan B:' How It Works

  January-February 2010

• Thinking Ethically About Emergency Contraception

  January-February 2010

• The New Directive 58: What Does It Mean?

  January-February 2010

• Communicating The Directives to Physicians

  January-February 2010

• Ethics - Cultural Addictions Trump the Common Good

  January-February 2010

• Quality of Life by Proxy: A Risky Business

  November-December 2009

• Book Reviews - Caring for Our Parents

  November-December 2009

• Book Reviews - Neonatal Bioethics

  November-December 2009

• Ethics - Conversations at the End of Life

  November-December 2009

• Pope Benedict XVI's New Encyclical: Implications for Catholic Health Care

  September-October 2009

• Ethics - Religion, Style and the Public Square

  September-October 2009

• The Day After Trinity

  July-August 2009

• Industry-Physician Relationships: A Call for Greater Distance

  July-August 2009

• No Hands But Yours - Leading Mothers Through Their Times of Sorrow

  July-August 2009

• Press Conference - The Human Spirit is the Most Untapped Unnatural Resource'

  July-August 2009

• Book Reviews - Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews

  July-August 2009

• Ethics - Market-Driven Health Care: Can Mission Survive?

  July-August 2009

• Introduction - Do We Care Enough about Pastoral Care?

  May-June 2009

• Charting a New Course for an At-Risk Profession

  May-June 2009

• Establishing a Chaplain's Value

  May-June 2009

• A CEO Seeks Benchmarks

  May-June 2009

• How One System Defines Quality

  May-June 2009

• Plotting the Future: The Case at Catholic Health East

  May-June 2009

• Where the Ethical and Religious Directives Fall Short

  May-June 2009

• You Must Be Compassionate

  May-June 2009

• Nurturing a Catholic Vision in a For-Profit Hospital

  May-June 2009

• Bringing the Human Touch to Spiritual Care

  May-June 2009

• Family Evaluation of End-of-Life Care — An Essential Perspective

  May-June 2009

• Book Reviews - Teaching Death and Dying

  May-June 2009

• Ethics - Placing Mercy at Our Portals: Ethical Response in Tough Times

  May-June 2009

• Introduction

  March-April 2009

• A Critical Juncture

  March-April 2009

• The Emerging Role of Ethics: A Sponsorship View

  March-April 2009

• At the Table Together: Mission and Ethics as Partners

  March-April 2009

• The Making of a Clinical Ethicist: Reviewing the Big Questions

  March-April 2009

• Communicating in the Name of the Church

  March-April 2009

• The Travails and Triumphs of Publishing the First Global History of Medical Ethics

  March-April 2009

• Briefing - It's Noisy Out There. Let's Get Some Relief

  March-April 2009

• Press Conference - 'Ethics is Central to Catholic Health Care'

  March-April 2009

• Ethics - Immigration, Charity Care and Ethics: What Should Catholic Hospitals Do?

  March-April 2009

• Briefing - Some Things Will Never Change

  January-February 2009

• Ethics - Fostering an Ethical Culture: Rules Are Not Enough

  January-February 2009

• The Dignity of Being Human

  November-December 2008

• Twenty-Five Years Later: Cardinal Bernardin's Consistent Ethic of Life

  November-December 2008

• Book Review - An Introduction to Health Care Ethics: Theological Foundations, Contemporary Issues, and Controversial Cases

  November-December 2008

• Ethics - Enhancing Ethics Committees in Catholic Health Care

  November-December 2008

• Ethics - Health Care Ethics: Changes on the Way

  September-October 2008

• Compassion Has a Face

  July-August 2008

• Catholic Health Care: The Social Face of Compassion

  July-August 2008

• Building Diversity at Catholic Healthcare West

  July-August 2008

• Continued Excellence

  July-August 2008

• The Value of Leadership Development Through Mentoring

  July-August 2008

• The Board of Directors' Role in Compliance & Ethics

  July-August 2008

• Creating a Culture of Aging

  July-August 2008

• LEAN Principles Provide Opportunities for Catholic Health Care Organizations

  July-August 2008

• Innovation at Work - Enhancing the Quality of Life for Advanced Dementia Patients

  July-August 2008

• Covering a Nation - Power to the People: Our Voices Can Make Change Happen

  July-August 2008

• Evidence-Based - The Importance of Analyzing Health Disparities among Ethnic and Racial Groups

  July-August 2008

• Community Benefit - Palliative Care and Community Benefit Can Work Together

  July-August 2008

• The Pace Program and End-Of-Life Care

  May-June 2008

• On Basic Care For Patients In The 'Vegetative' State

  May-June 2008

• A Pope's Teaching Closes a Loop

  May-June 2008

• That We May Know, Lord, Your Way on Earth

  May-June 2008

• Ethics - The Stories We Live By

  May-June 2008

• Cooperating With Philanthropic Organizations

  March-April 2008

• No Need For Embryos?

  March-April 2008

• Defending The Donor's Decision

  March-April 2008

• Thinking Globally - PeaceHealth Employees Benefit from El Salvador Health Missions

  March-April 2008

• Book Review - African American Bioethics: Culture, Race, and Identity

  March-April 2008

• Book Review - Medicine, Health Care, and Ethics: Catholic Voices

  March-April 2008

• A New Vision for an Aging Population

  January-February 2008

• 20th Anniversary 'A Time to Be Old, A Time to Flourish: The Special Needs of the Elderly At Risk'

  January-February 2008

• A Cultural Shift

  January-February 2008

• Press Conference - Caring for the Aged

  January-February 2008

• Thinking Globally - Taiwanese and American Nurses Benefit from Exchange Program

  January-February 2008

• Community Benefit - An Affordable Solution

  January-February 2008

• Ethics - The Ethics of the Ordinary

  January-February 2008

• A Matrix for Ethical Decision Making in a Pandemic

  November-December 2007

• Recovering from a Flu Pandemic

  November-December 2007

• Nutrition and Hydration

  November-December 2007

• Report on a Theological Dialogue on the Principle of Cooperation

  November-December 2007

• Innovation at Work - Extending an Ethics Program with Information Technology

  November-December 2007

• Book Review - Unplugged Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America

  November-December 2007

• Prayer Service - Prayer for a More Connected Community

  November-December 2007

• Ethics - Facing Disasters as a "Community of We"

  November-December 2007

• Prudence and the Debate on Death and Dying

  September-October 2007

• Book Review - Health Care Ethics: A Catholic Theological Analysis, 5th ed.

  September-October 2007

• Ethics - Human Dignity in the Workplace: "An Inconvenient Truth"

  September-October 2007

• Retelling "The Good Samaritan"

  July-August 2007

• Book Review - Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology

  July-August 2007

• Ethics - "Touching Lives, Healing Communities" Is the Heart of Our Gospel Call

  July-August 2007

• Canon Law - "Holding Fast to the Mission and Works Proper to the Institute"

  July-August 2007

• Artificial Nutrition and Hydration And the Catholic Tradition

  May-June 2007

• Book Review - Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective

  May-June 2007

• Ethics - Human Dignity: An "Energizing Vision" of Health Care

  May-June 2007

• Introduction - A Tribute and An Opportunity

  March-April 2007

• The Man and His Work

  March-April 2007

• Healing Professions and Healing Institutions

  March-April 2007

• What Is "Prudential Personalism"? Why Does It Matter?

  March-April 2007

• "Doing" Ethics in an Ecclesial Context

  March-April 2007

• Fr. O'Rourke and Beginning-of-Life Issues

  March-April 2007

• The Ethics of End-of-Life Issues

  March-April 2007

• Looking Forward

  March-April 2007

• Fr. Kevin D. O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM: Biographical Highlights

  March-April 2007

• Making Access A Priority

  March-April 2007

• Book Review - Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change

  January-February 2007

• Ethics - New Directions for Health Care Ethics?

  January-February 2007

• Introduction

  November-December 2006

• Like Shining from Shook Foil

  November-December 2006

• Finding a Voice

  November-December 2006

• Shedding Light on Organizational Ethics

  November-December 2006

• Starting an Organizational Ethics Committee

  November-December 2006

• Hiring for "Organizational Fit"

  November-December 2006

• Bridging the Gap

  November-December 2006

• Briefing - Organizational Ethics Is Everyone's Business

  November-December 2006

• Ethics - Organizational Ethics: Why Bother?

  November-December 2006

• Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Off Limits?

  September-October 2006

• To Circumcise or Not to Circumcise?

  September-October 2006

• Medicine's Goals and the Prophetic Tradition

  September-October 2006

• The Continuum of Care Today

  September-October 2006

• A Hospice for the Pre–Born and Newborn

  September-October 2006

• Ethics - Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Perilous Pursuit?

  September-October 2006

• End-of-life Care Revisited

  July-August 2006

• The Role of the Diocesan Bishop in Relation to Catholic Health Care

  July-August 2006

• Book Review - To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethical Methodology of Richard A. McCormick, SJ, as Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Newborns

  July-August 2006

• Book Review - Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics

  July-August 2006

• Creating Healing Environments

  May-June 2006

• Canon Law and Ethical and Religious Directives

  May-June 2006

• Justice and Genetics: Whose Holy Grail?

  May-June 2006

• Genomics and the Ministry: The Executive Perspective

  May-June 2006

• Book Review - Reflections on a Dying Life

  May-June 2006

• Ethics Committees: Pursuing Enhanced Effectiveness

  March-April 2006

• Ethics Committees in Catholic Hospitals

  March-April 2006

• A "Next Generation" Ethics Committee

  March-April 2006

• Integrating Clinical and Organizational Ethics

  March-April 2006

• Ethics Consultation in Portland

  March-April 2006

• St. Louis System Has Corporate Ethics Committee

  March-April 2006

• Cardiology and Genomics: A Medical View

  March-April 2006

• Cardiology and Genomics: An Ethical View

  March-April 2006

• Retaining Caregivers, Improving Care

  January-February 2006

• Catholic Social Tradition: Teaching, Thought, Practice

  January-February 2006

• Catholic Teaching and Disparities in Care

  January-February 2006

• Conscience, Cooperation, and Full Disclosure

  January-February 2006

• Genomics and Neurology: A Medical View

  January-February 2006

• Genomics and Neurology: An Ethical View

  January-February 2006

• The Ethics of Recruiting Foreign Nurses

  November-December 2005

• Is the NovaSure System Ethical?

  November-December 2005

• Cancer and Genetic Medicine: A Medical View

  September-October 2005

• Cancer and Genetic Medicine: An Ethical View

  September-October 2005

• The Power of the Simplest Gesture

  September-October 2005

• Book Review — Bioethics Mediation: A Guide to Shaping Shared Solutions

  September-October 2005

• Obstetrics and Pediatrics: A Medical View

  July-August 2005

• Obstetrics and Pediatrics: An Ethical View

  July-August 2005

• Book Review — A Legal and Ethical Handbook for Ending Discrimination in the Workplace

  July-August 2005

• Book Review — Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine

  July-August 2005

• Genetics: An Introduction to Genetics

  May-June 2005

• Planning for the Age of Genetics

  January-February 2005

• Genetic Counseling for Cancer

  January-February 2005

• Reflections — The Church and Palliative Care

  January-February 2005

• Medical Error: Some Ethical Concerns

  November-December 2004

• "Baptizing" Deceased Infants?

  November-December 2004

• Against Human Trafficking

  September-October 2004

• Book Review — Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: Roman Catholic Perspectives

  September-October 2004

• For Everything There Is a Season

  July-August 2004

• The Ethics of Loving Care

  July-August 2004

• Listening to Stories of Pain and Joy

  July-August 2004

• Giving Patients A "Good Death"

  July-August 2004

• Aligning Values with Practice

  July-August 2004

• Spiritual Care at the End of Life

  July-August 2004

• Reflections — Thoughts on the Papal Allocution

  July-August 2004

• Briefing — A "Good Death"

  July-August 2004

• Prayer Service — Now and at the Hour of Our Death

  July-August 2004

• Book Review — Ethical Patient Care: A Casebook for Geriatric Health Care Teams

  July-August 2004

• Book Review — Cutting-Edge Bioethics: A Christian Exploration of Technologies and Trends

  July-August 2004

• Book Review — Bioethics from a Faith Perspective: Ethics in Health Care for the Twenty-First Century

  July-August 2004

• Who Cares about Ethics?

  May-June 2004

• What's a Catholic to Think?

  May-June 2004

• The "Next Generation" Model

  May-June 2004

• Stewardship and Organizational Ethics

  May-June 2004

• Reflections — A Tale of Two Reports

  May-June 2004

• Ministry Leadership — Organizational Ethics is "Systems Thinking"

  May-June 2004

• Prayer Service — Striving for Integrity

  May-June 2004

• Book Review — Bioethics in America: Origins and Cultural Politics

  March-April 2004

• Book Review — More Humane Medicine: A Liberal Catholic Bioethics

  March-April 2004

• Health Care and the Church's Mission

  January-February 2004

• Improving Response to Life-Threatening Illness

  January-February 2004

• Making "Caring Connections"

  January-February 2004

• Ethical Decisions in Health Care

  January-February 2004

• Cases in Genetics: Commitment to the Poor and Business Development

  November-December 2003

• Prejudice and the Medical Profession

  September-October 2003

• The PEERS Project

  September-October 2003

• Cases in Genetics: Direct-to-Consumer Marketing for Genetic Testing

  September-October 2003

• Ministry Leadership — Learning to Act on Behalf of Justice

  September-October 2003

• Book Review — Crafting a Cloning Policy: From Dolly to Stem Cells

  September-October 2003

• Can Medical Schools Be Catholic?

  July-August 2003

• Creating a Medical Futility Policy

  July-August 2003

• Are Futility Policies the Answer?

  July-August 2003

• Leveraging the Power of the Proxy

  July-August 2003

• Lessons of Mission Discernment

  July-August 2003

• Cases in Genetics: Lack of Consent Is an Ethical Issue

  July-August 2003

• Reflections — A Venue for Theological/Ethical Issues

  July-August 2003

• Book Review — Ethics of Health Care: An Introductory Textbook, 3rd Ed.

  July-August 2003

• Book Review — Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights

  July-August 2003

• Cases in Genetics: Susceptibility Testing for Children

  May-June 2003

• Book Review — The Tracks We Leave: Ethics in Healthcare Management

  May-June 2003

• Book Review — Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan

  May-June 2003

• Cases in Genetics: Genetics Testing and Prenatal Diagnosis

  March-April 2003

• Book Review — Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Ethics Committees

  March-April 2003

• Cases in Genetics: Genetics and Confidentiality

  January-February 2003

• Removing Bias from Health Care

  January-February 2003

• Part Six of The Directives

  November-December 2002

• Responsibility and Cooperation

  November-December 2002

• Institutional Cooperation: The ERDs

  November-December 2002

• Emergency Contraception and Sexual Assault

  September-October 2002

• A Physician's Point of View

  September-October 2002

• A Reasonable, Realistic, and Ethical Protocol

  September-October 2002

• An Issue of Moral Certitude

  September-October 2002

• Effective Organizations are Driven by Values

  September-October 2002

• Creating Effective Mission Statements

  September-October 2002

• Christians and the Genome Project

  July-August 2002

• Ethical Implications of Pain Management

  July-August 2002

• Comparing Systems' Competency Models

  May-June 2002

• Comparative Performance Data

  May-June 2002

• Book Review — Healthcare Allocation: An Ethical Framework for Public Policy

  May-June 2002

• Book Review — Methods in Medical Ethics

  May-June 2002

• Labor and Catholic Health Care

  March-April 2002

• Institutional Integrity: Values in Action

  March-April 2002

• The Illinois Bishops on Death and Dying

  March-April 2002

• The Community of Concern

  March-April 2002

• Pastoral Care in the LTC Setting

  March-April 2002

• Book Review — Genetic Turning Points: The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention

  March-April 2002

• Book Review — Business Ethics in Healthcare: Beyond Compliance

  March-April 2002

• For an Ethics of Technology

  January-February 2002

• Care and Cultivation

  January-February 2002

• Setting Moral Limits on Technology

  January-February 2002

• The Technology Trap

  January-February 2002

• Book Review — Privacy and Health Care

  January-February 2002

• Book Review — The Health Care Professional and Healer: Building on the Work of Edmund D. Pellegrino

  January-February 2002

• A Brief History

  November-December 2001

• Feeding Tubes: Sorting Out The Issues

  November-December 2001

• Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration

  November-December 2001

• Reflections — The Graying of America

  November-December 2001

• Final Say — Respecting Life by "Doing Nothing"

  November-December 2001

• Negotiating the Health Care Market with Integrity

  September-October 2001

• Naming the Elephant in the Room

  September-October 2001

• "Integrity" and "Compliance"

  September-October 2001

• The Buck Stops Here

  September-October 2001

• Organizational Ethics Case Study: The Bon Secours Richmond Contract Renewal

  September-October 2001

• Book Review — Managing Ethically: An Executive's Guide

  September-October 2001

• Guidelines for Organizational Ethics

  July-August 2001

• Reflections — New Report Examines Employee Involvement in Decision Making

  July-August 2001

• Mentors and Mentoring

  May-June 2001

• Book Review — A Primer for Health Care Ethics: Essays for a Pluralistic Society, Second Edition

  May-June 2001

• Issues and Implications of the Human Genome Project

  March-April 2001

• The Human Genome Project

  March-April 2001

• Prenatal Genetic Testing

  March-April 2001

• Personal Privacy and the Common Good

  March-April 2001

• Genetic Testing and Discrimination

  March-April 2001

• The Dignity and Vocation of the Human Person

  March-April 2001

• Glossary of Common Terms in Genetics

  March-April 2001

• Ministry and Postmodernism

  March-April 2001

• Book Review — Bio-Engagement: Making a Christian Difference through Bioethics Today

  March-April 2001

• Organ Donation and Prudential Deliberation

  January-February 2001

• Book Review — Life Choices: A Hastings Center Introduction to Bioethics, 2nd Edition

  January-February 2001

• New Challenges for Ethics Committees

  November-December 2000

• Wounded Humanity and Catholic Health Care

  September-October 2000

• Justice, Allocation, and Managed Care

  July-August 2000

• Rationing, Equity, and Affordable Care

  July-August 2000

• Spirituality and Ethics in Healthcare

  July-August 2000

• Time for a Formalized Medical Futility Policy

  July-August 2000

• Developing Directive 58

  May-June 2000

• Book Review: Medical Ethics - Sources of Catholic Teachings

  May-June 2000

• Healthcare Reform and the "Consistent Ethic"

  March-April 2000

• A Spiritual Role for the Elderly

  March-April 2000

• A New Paradigm for Investment Screening

  March-April 2000

• Book Review — The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies

  March-April 2000

• Spirituality and Healing

  January-February 2000

• When the Community Cares

  January-February 2000

• End-of-Life Care and Catholic Ethics

  January-February 2000

• Organizational Assessment of End-of-Life Care

  January-February 2000

• Medical Waste and Healthcare Ethics

  January-February 2000

• Communication Strategies — St. Francis Hospice Shares Its Message to Build Success

  January-February 2000

• Book Review - Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide - Killing or Caring

  January-February 2000

• Catholic Identity in a Challenging Environment

  November-December 1999

• Innovations in Pain Management

  November-December 1999

• Ethical Issues in Genetics

  September-October 1999

• Stem Cell Research: Licit or Complicit?

  September-October 1999

• Genetic Medicine in the Next Five Years

  September-October 1999

• Net Gains — Ethicists Have Gone Digital

  September-October 1999

• The 84th Catholic Health Assembly: June 6-9, 1999

  July-August 1999

• Good News and Bad

  July-August 1999

• Book Review — Getting Doctors to Listen: Ethics and Outcomes Data in Context

  July-August 1999

• Managed Care: Devils, Angels, and the Truth in Between

  May-June 1999

• The Conversation Underneath the Truth in Between

  May-June 1999

• Building Character For A New Era

  May-June 1999

• Toward A Compensation Philosophy

  May-June 1999

• Book Review — A Good Death: Challenges, Choices and Care Options

  May-June 1999

• Opposing Moral Error in Society

  March-April 1999

• Better Care for The Dying

  March-April 1999

• Final Say — A Pastoral Voice In the Healthcare Wilderness

  March-April 1999

• Book Review — Health Care and Information Ethics: Protecting Fundamental

  March-April 1999

• Compensation in Catholic Healthcare

  January-February 1999

• Book Reviews — Managed Care Ethics: Essays on the Impact of Managed Care on Traditional Medical Ethics

  January-February 1999

• Reflections — How Faith and Public Policy Intersect

  January-February 1999

• Selecting the Cream of the Crop (Part III)

  November-December 1998

• Legacy Leadership: Stewardship and Courage

  November-December 1998

• Four Ways People Approach Ethics

  November-December 1998

• Calvary Hospital Focuses on Ethics

  November-December 1998

• A New Role for the Church

  September-October 1998

• Corporate Compliance Is Not Enough

  September-October 1998

• A Better Approach to Care of the Dying

  September-October 1998

• Leading with Integrity

  September-October 1998

• Community Networks

  September-October 1998

• 83rd Catholic Health Assembly

  July-August 1998

• Applying the Directives

  July-August 1998

• Covenant Model of Corporate Compliance

  July-August 1998

• Spiritual Care at the End of Life

  May-June 1998

• Analysis - The Common Good: Can It Make a Difference?

  May-June 1998

• Analysis - New Paths In End-of-Life Care

  May-June 1998

• Book Review — Human Genome Research and the Challenge of Contingent Future Persons

  May-June 1998

• Law — When Physicians Perform Abortions Outside the Catholic Hospital

  March-April 1998

• Book Review — Helping and Healing: Religious Commitment in Health Care

  March-April 1998

• Book Review — The Loyal Physician: Roycean Ethics and the Practice of Medicine

  March-April 1998

• Mentoring Physicians

  January-February 1998

• CHAusa — New Web Resource Explores Organizational Integrity

  January-February 1998

• Book Review — Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appeal

  January-February 1998

• Reclaiming Our Moral Tradition

  November-December 1997

• Communication Strategies - California Media Campaigns Work for Healthy Infants

  November-December 1997

• Book Review - Testing the Medical Covenant: Active Euthanasia and Health Care Reform

  November-December 1997

• After the Downsizing

  September-October 1997

• Book Review - Life Choices: A Hastings Center Introduction to Bioethics

  September-October 1997

• Fidelity to Mission: Our Strategic Strength

  July-August 1997

• Book Review - Ethics for Everyone: A Practical Guide to Interdisciplinary Biomedical Ethics Education

  July-August 1997

• Taking on Organizational Ethics

  May-June 1997

• A Question of Value

  May-June 1997

• The Virtuous Manager

  May-June 1997

• Ensuring Accountability in Decision Making

  May-June 1997

• CHA Amicus Curiae Brief on Physician-Assisted Suicide

  May-June 1997

• A Voice Against Physician-Assisted Suicide

  May-June 1997

• Final Say - Managed Care with a Mission

  May-June 1997

• Book Review - Making Moral Choices: An Introduction

  May-June 1997

• How to Avoid Flying Blind

  March-April 1997

• The Church and the Public Discussion of Assisted Suicide

  March-April 1997

• Book Review - The Right Thing: Ten Years of Ethics Columns from the Healthcare Forum Journal

  March-April 1997

• Book Review - Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and Concepts

  January-February 1997

• Changing the Culture of Dying

  November-December 1996

• A Feminist Case Against Euthanasia

  November-December 1996

• Making Tough Resource Decisions

  November-December 1996

• Ethics - Withdrawal of Life Support: Mistaken Assumptions

  November-December 1996

• Three Factors Critical for End-of-Life Care

  September-October 1996

• Improving Pain Management Practice

  July-August 1996

• Book Review - Competence to Consent

  July-August 1996

• Certain Service in an Era of Uncertain Employment

  May-June 1996

• The Cultural Basis of Inadequate Care

  May-June 1996

• Healthcare Reform's Moral, Spiritual Issues

  May-June 1996

• Analysis - Theology and Ethics: Keys To Continuing Catholic Healthcare

  May-June 1996

• Book Review - Three Realms of Ethics: Individual, Institutional, Societal

  May-June 1996

• Danger Signs

  March-April 1996

• Issues at the End of Life

  November-December 1995

• Healthcare Management Ethics - When to Excuse Employees From Work Responsibilities

  November-December 1995

• Book Review - When It's Right to Die: Conflicting Voices, Different Choices

  November-December 1995

• Guidance for a Failing System

  September-October 1995

• Care for the Beginning of Life

  September-October 1995

• Book Reviews - A Primer for Health Care Ethics

  September-October 1995

• Refounding the Ministry: Leadership in an Era of Profound Change

  July-August 1995

• Book Review - When Death is Sought - Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context

  July-August 1995

• An Educational Response to Assisted Suicide

  June 1995

• Safeguarding Patients' Dignity

  June 1995

• Healthcare Management Ethics - What Makes 'Catholic' Managed Care Catholic

  June 1995

• Arranged Marriages, Unlikely Partners

  May 1995

• Healthcare and Social Responsibility

  May 1995

• Introducing the Revised Directives

  April 1995

• The Principle of Cooperation

  April 1995

• Healthcare Management Ethics - The Race of the Care Giver: Should Managers Honor Patients' Requests?

  April 1995

• The Human Element - Bobby Bo has Gone to God

  April 1995

• Character Witness

  January-February 1995

• The Moral Case Against Euthanasia

  January-February 1995

• Creative Ritual In a Hospice

  December 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - Considerations in Managed Care

  December 1994

• Socially Responsible Investing

  November 1994

• Hospice: A Comprehensive Program

  November 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - The Motives Behind Collaboration

  November 1994

• The Human Element - Quality Time for the Dying

  November 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - The Ethics of Withholding Information about Mistakes

  October 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - Ethics and Information Systems: Making Values Explicit

  September 1994

• Systems Forum - Shared Corporate Ethics Committee: Two Systems Collaborate To Enhance Ethical Decision Making

  September 1994

• Ethical Downsizing

  July-August 1994

• The Story: A Primary Spiritual Tool

  July-August 1994

• Ethics - Goal-oriented Advocacy Essential in Healthcare Reform

  July-August 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - Avoiding "Unnecessary" Healthcare Services

  June 1994

• Ministering to Persons Who Face Death

  May 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - An Ethical Analysis of Human Resource Issues

  May 1994

• How to Approach Catholic Identity in Changing Times

  April 1994

• Toward A Just Policy On Healthcare Rationing

  April 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - Conflicts of Interest In Fund Development

  March 1994

• A Response to Euthanasia Initiatives

  March 1994

• Futility, Autonomy, and Informed Consent

  March 1994

• Conscientious Objections to Reform

  March 1994

• Changing the Way We Care for the Dying

  March 1994

• The Genetic Revolution: Force Behind a More Ethical Healthcare System?

  March 1994

• The Human Element - Restoring Intimacy to the Physician-Patient Relationship

  March 1994

• Analysis - Catholic Identity Is Based On Flexible, Reasonable Tradition

  January-February 1994

• Healthcare Management Ethics - Planning for Reform

  January-February 1994

• Futile Care

  December 1993

• The Concept of Futility

  December 1993

• Ethics - The Ambiguous Ethics of Involuntary Treatment for the Elderly

  December 1993

• Healthcare Management Ethics - The Protection of Values Must Be A Priority When Setting Policies

  December 1993

• Book Review - First, Do No Harm

  December 1993

• Today's Ethics Committees Face Varied Issues

  November 1993

• Learning to Pay Attention

  November 1993

• A Measure of Growth

  November 1993

• Resources in Healthcare Ethics

  November 1993

• Ethics - A Life-and-Death Decision: The Lakeberg Twins

  November 1993

• Healthcare Management Ethics - A Positive View of Lobbying

  November 1993

• Mercy: An Insufficient Motive for Euthanasia

  October 1993

• Healthcare Management Ethics - Aligning IDNs' Financial Interests With Communities' Best Interests

  October 1993

• Book Review - Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources

  October 1993

• Book Review - Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices

  October 1993

• Ethical Issues of Unconventional Therapies

  September 1993

• Healthcare Management Ethics - CHA Task Force Helps Managers Make Values-Based Decisions

  September 1993

• Conscience Clauses Offer Little Protection

  July-August 1993

• The Human Element - Hope in the Heart

  July-August 1993

• Book Review - Euthanasia Is Not the Answer: A Hospice Physician's View

  July-August 1993

• The Patient as Citizen

  June 1993

• Care of the Dying: A Catholic Perspective

  June 1993

• Book Review - When Others Must Choose: Deciding for Patients without Capacity

  June 1993

• Care of the Dying: A Catholic Perspective

  May 1993

• Care of the Dying: A Catholic Perspective

  April 1993

• In the Best Interest of the Patient

  April 1993

• Provider Profile - St. Elizabeth's Hospital

  April 1993

• Book Review - Ethics in an Aging Society

  April 1993

• Care of the Dying: A Catholic Perspective

  March 1993

• Why We Should Not Legalize Euthanasia

  March 1993

• Does Compassion Include Euthanasia?

  March 1993

• Decision Tree

  March 1993

• Pain Management

  January-February 1993

• Technology: A Moral Evaluation

  January-February 1993

• A Dialogue on Stewardship

  December 1992

• Ethics - The Human Genome Project

  December 1992

• Pastoral Care - Parents' Needs and Rights When a Baby Dies

  December 1992

• Ethics - Transplantation Tragedies

  November 1992

• The Human Element - Living and Growing Into Death

  November 1992

• Lives at Stake

  September 1992

• The Human Element - The Last Gift

  September 1992

• Removing Life Support: Motivations, Obligations

  July-August 1992

• 77th Catholic Health Assembly - In Sight: A Vision for a Healthy America

  July-August 1992

• Book Review - Too Old for Health Care? Controversies in Medicine, Law, Economics, and Ethics

  July-August 1992

• Ethics - Outcome Data and Ethics: Getting Doctors to Pay Attention

  May 1992

• The Human Element - Easing the Loneliness of Death

  May 1992

• Ethics - The Limits on Self-Destruction

  April 1992

• Book Review - Surviving Death: A Practical Guide to Caring for the Dying and Bereaved, 2d ed.

  April 1992

• The Excesses of Individualism

  January-February 1992

• Opinion Forum - A Postmortem on Initiative 119

  January-February 1992

• Ethics - Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Elements of Church Teaching

  January-February 1992