Understanding and Applying the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services:A N ED U C AT I O N A L R E S O U R C E FO R P H Y S I C I A N S

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Margaret Barron, MDDirector, Emergency Medicine Infinity HealthcareMilwaukee, WI

Mary Lou BennettFormer Director, Pastoral Care SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s HospitalSt. Louis, MO

Robert Blaskiewicz, MDProfessor and Director, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health ServicesSaint Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

Mohamed Dahodwala, MDCardiologistSt. Anthony HospitalChicago, IL

Sr. Patricia Eck, CBSCongregation Leader, Sisters of Bon Secours of ParisMarriottsville, MD

Sr. Ellen Gaynor, OP, MDProfessor of MedicineLoyola University Medical CenterChicago, IL

Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, SLDArchbishop of AtlantaArchdiocese of Atlanta, GA

Salil K. Gupta, MD, FAAPMedical Director, Neonatal Services St. Elizabeth’s HospitalBelleville, IL

Jennifer Heyl, Ph.D.Director of EthicsMercy Health CareSt. Louis, MO

Acknowledgments

With grateful appreciation to the following people for their participation in the video and for helping to make this educational resource possible.

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Fr. Thomas Kopfensteiner, STDVice President, Mission Catholic Health InitiativesEnglewood, CO

David Lichter, D.Min.Executive DirectorNational Association of Catholic ChaplainsMilwaukee, WI

Fr. Thomas Nairn, OFM, Ph.D.Senior Director of EthicsCatholic Health Association of the United StatesSt. Louis, MO

P. Terrence O’Rourke, MDExecutive Vice President/Chief Clinical Officer Trinity HealthNovi, MI

Sr. Alice O’Shaughnessy, CSJ, MDGood Shepherd HospiceMelville, NY

Judith Rossiter, MDHead, Department of OB-GYNSt. Joseph Medical CenterTowson, MD

Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, Ph.D.Kilbride Clinton Professor of Medicine/Medical EthicsUniversity of Chicago Medical SchoolChicago, IL

Sr. Patricia Talone, RSM, Ph.D.Vice President, Mission ServicesCatholic Health Association of the United StatesSt. Louis, MO

Dennis Wilson, MDVascular, General SurgeryProvidence HospitalColumbia, SC

His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl, STDArchbishop of Washington, DCArchdiocese of Washington, DC

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