I have had the pleasure of receiving a copy of Leonard J Nelson III's new book called Diagnosis Critical. You do not want to miss this one. It is a great book focusing on the situation that the Catholic health care system in America currently finds itself. Far from being only a survey of the opposition that poses a threat to the Catholic health care system, it goes through the Catholic health care system and explains its development and history as well. It goes through how the Catholic health care system works and how it follows the ERDs (Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services) established for a proper Catholic identity regarding health care.
The book is well written and documented with plenty of sources and has notes in the back for easy reference to source materials. With the importance of bioethics in today's culture this book could not come at a better time. Today's pop culture is doing everything it can to undermine the Catholic Church's teaching on abortion, contraception, and euthanasia, to name a few. This book shows how various entities are at work trying to achieve this. The Catholic Health Care system is the last stand in today's world for achieving proper, ethical health care. Subjects such as Plan-B contraceptives are covered, as well as end of life issues. The FOCA act is also looked at in chapter 10, which deals with the protection of conscientious objection. The Catholic hospitals that have been giving free health care to millions of people for so many years finds its very existence being threatened.
The book is laid out in six sections. Part I is the moral foundations of Catholic Health Care. Part II covers what Catholic identity in health care is. Part III covers the struggle to maintain that identity. Part IV covers conscientious objection. Part V covers end of life issues which has a serious impact on man's view of the human person. Finally part VI covers social justice and health care reform. If you are interested in Catholic bioethics issues then I recommend adding this book to your library. You can pick up the book at the Catholic Company website.
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