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July 01, 2013
Sr. McGinley promotes international health care missions
When Sr. Mary Jo McGinley, RSM, was discerning during the late 1980s whether to switch to health care after working as an educator for 20 years, members of her community's leadership team suggested she talk it over with Sr. Concilia Moran, RSM.
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July 01, 2013
With gift of presence, Msgr. Klimek comforts Sacred Heart patients
Msgr. Klimek's steady dedication has earned him CHA's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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July 01, 2013
Built environment can promote exercise and health or inactivity
"The environment is rigged against the child and his doctor and the rest of us," said Dr. Richard J. Jackson, a pediatrician who previously served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health.
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July 01, 2013
Sr. Maura Brannick brings health care to working poor, unemployed
Sr. Maura Brannick, CSC, would rather talk about a homeless man named Willy than about meeting then-President George H.W. Bush aboard Air Force One.
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July 01, 2013
Six join CHA Board of Trustees; Yordy is chair-elect
Five ministry leaders and a bishop were elected to CHA's Board of Trustees at the annual meeting of the membership held here during the 2013 Catholic Health Assembly.
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July 01, 2013
The injustice of poverty compels Fr. Frechette to care for Haiti's orphans
Daily headlines scream the world is a tough place, and the playing field is uneven. Anger over the injustices motivates Fr. Richard Frechette, CP, to get involved.
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July 01, 2013
System leaders try fresh approaches while staying true to mission
Four system executives discussed new organizational structures, innovative approaches to improve care and reduce costs, and staying true to mission at a transformative time in health care during a discussion at the 2013 Catholic Health Assembly.
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July 01, 2013
Finding certainty in uncertain times by living the ministry's mission
"Living Mission in a Changing World," the theme of this year's Catholic Health Assembly, is not what we fear, but what we embrace. It is our prophetic call.
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July 01, 2013
The best end-of-life care is customized to the individual patient
While triumphs of medical science allow people to live years with chronic heart failure or other serious chronic disease, such treatment advances also have made it a lot harder for people in America to die a natural death, said Dr. Ira Byock.
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July 01, 2013
Compassionate care of those with life-limiting illness requires presence
In a "death-denying, death-defying" contemporary culture, Catholic care providers are called to better formulate a Christian response to the ill and frail facing decline, dependence and dying, said pediatrician Sr. Nuala Kenny, OC.