Ethical and religious directives for Catholic health care services.
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In 1994, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops revised the "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services." A goal of the Directives is to maintain the moral integrity of Catholic health care institutions and to address controversies in bioethics and health care. The Directives represent a shift to an exclusively principle-based approach to moral reason. This shift threatens to undermine the very tradition that the bishops seek to protect.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Origins
دوره 31 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995