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We provide a wide variety of documents pertaining to Catholic Medical Ethics and the importance of maintaining your faith within your profession.
Statement on Emergency Contraception in Cases of Rape
The trauma of rape is severe, and so often results in an unplanned pregnancy. Compassion must be provided to the victim who has been raped, but at the same time, be mindful a human life may have been conceived and cannot be attacked or destroyed.
POLST Paradigm and Form
This white paper, prepared by a working group of the Catholic Medical Association, provides a commentary on a new type of end-of-life document called a POLST form (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) as well as on its model (or “paradigm”) for implementation across the United States.
Clarifying Church Teaching on End of Life Treatment and Care
In the February 13, 2009, issue of Commonweal, seven directors of bioethics programs at Jesuit universities (the Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs) discussed their understanding of recent magisterial teaching regarding artificial nutrition and hydration (typically called ANH).
2004 Statement on Health Care Reform
In September 2004, the Catholic Medical Association Health Care Task Force published the Statement, Heath Care in America: A Catholic Proposal for Renewal. Drafted by a multi-disciplinary panel composed of physicians and other health care providers, scholars, businessmen and clergy, Health Care in America provides a systematic overview of the challenges to health care delivery and financing in the United States and solutions that are based on the perennial moral and social teachings of the Church.
Resolving Conflicts about Treatments Deemed Futile
From time to time the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) is asked to intervene in cases in which a physician or health-care facility has made and is enforcing a judgment of medical futility, consistent with an internal policy and/or state law, over the objections of a patient and/or family member(s).
Fertility Awareness Methods in Comprehensive Family Planning
Guiding Principles For Catholic Healthcare Professionals During a Pandemic
How should you respond in a crisis? The Ethics Committee of the Catholic Medical Association details the commissioning by the Divine Physician and the call to remember all life is sacred, even during the difficulties of a pandemic.
Practicing Palliative Care in the Midst of the Coronavirus
Co-written by one of our members, Dr Nicole Shirilia, this article details the beauty present in the steadfastness and devotion of our fellow careworkers.
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