Presented on December 9, 2021
In our ongoing commitment to provide timely, relevant information about emerging issues for Catholic health care, the Catholic Health Association is offering a monthly series of webinars to address critical ethical issues in caring for patients and families in Catholic hospitals, long-term care facilities and medical centers nationwide.

Each 45-minute session will examine the implications of a specific critical issue in clinical and organizational ethics in the context of Catholic Social Teaching and the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs). Moderators of the series are Brian M. Kane, Ph.D., CHA senior director, ethics; and Nathaniel Blanton Hibner, Ph.D., CHA director, ethics.

Co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association in cooperation with Loyola University Chicago
Decisions about medical interventions at or near the end-of-life are never easy, but when the patient is a child, these decisions can escalate into one of the most tragic, complex and unmentionable territories of healthcare. Erica K. Salter, Ph.D., associate professor of health care ethics and pediatrics at Saint Louis University's Center for Health Care Ethics and Department of Pediatrics, will explore the unique legal and moral context of decision-making for children at the end of life, including issues related to parental consent and child assent, responsibilities of clinicians, and ultimately, caring well for the dying child.