Evangelizing Health Care
Health care is in crisis for a variety of reasons, cost being only the currently most visible reason . Other, perhaps more important reasons are the medical and ethical dilemmas, not only the ancient ones of abortion and euthanasia, but also the contemporary ones of gene research and reproduction technologies. In addition, an unquestioned medical technology imperative has further marginalized the unmet psychological and spiritual needs of patients. The purpose of this paper is to review these problems and to suggest that the Ethical and Religious Directives of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops may be a means of evangelizing health care.