Tasks
Scenario
You have been appointed the head of a committee that will author a new patient handbook for the facility.
Assignment
You will write an Introduction to the handbook and one article regarding the institution’s stance on a morally challenging medical issue based on the Catholic-Christian understandings discussed in our course.
You will submit one Microsoft Word document of about five to six pages. The Works Cited area at the end of the project does not count towards the total number of pages.
Part 1) Handbook Introduction: Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and Holistic Care
In the introduction, discuss Catholic Social Teaching (CST) with emphasis on its central theme: The Dignity of the Human Person. Explain how your healthcare institution strives to provide holistic care to everyone it serves. Include a discussion of how these concepts have been integrated into healthcare practice from the founding of the institution to the present day. The introduction should be about two pages long and include two direct references from course materials. This is not a research assignment, where you need to locate and rely upon material outside of the course. Integrate understandings from our course and refer directly to course materials to explain how and why healthcare at your institution holds CST and holistic care as priorities.
Part 2) Article regarding the ethical dimensions of one medical dilemma from the Catholic Christian perspective
For your handbook article, choose a morally challenging medical issue discussed in our course that presents a dilemma for those deciding on possible medical treatment options. Define the medical issue and explain the basics of Catholic-Christian teaching regarding the medical treatment options in an article of about three pages. Provide a clear and concise guide to inform patients and/or their families regarding the Catholic-Christian ethical understanding of the dilemma and what types of procedures would or would not be permissible at your institution. Provide two or three references from the coursework including the texts and/or official documents that explain Church teaching. Again, this is not a research paper. Utilize resources from the course.
Sources:
https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/663/article/human-dignity-and-end-life
https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P82.HTM
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html
https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/440/
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/thinking-ethically/
https://www.consciencelaws.org/religion/religion002.aspx
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/a-framework-for-ethical-decision-making/
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/
https://www.scu.edu/media/ethics-center/resources/making.pdf
https://www.luthermemorialonline.org/uploads/resources/1323704910_When_Bad_Things_Happen_to_Good_People.pdf
https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html
https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/119/98
https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/archive/article/march-april-2010/ethics—catholics-understand-health-care-as-a-right
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/05/18/what-pope-francis-effect-health-care
https://www.usccb.org/resources/ethical-religious-directives-catholic-health-service-sixth-edition-2016-06_3.pdf
