Bishops vs. Patients’ Rights
By: Friday February 12, 2010 8:50 am

I have written how recent changes to Ethical and Religious Directive (ERD) Number 58 compel Catholic hospitals and nursing homes to either disregard your end-of-life choices or violate the letter of the Directive.

The powerful Catholic Health Association says Compassion & Choices and I are exaggerating; the change is insignificant.

To bolster its claim of “no change” CHA points to another Directive, Number 59, that the free and informed judgment of patients should always be respected. What CHA fails to note is the condition at the end of that sentence, “unless contrary to Catholic moral teaching.”

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Catholic Bishops Lay Down the Law on Feeding Tubes
By: Thursday December 3, 2009 10:16 am

On November 17, 2009, with little fanfare, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a directive for Catholic health care that could bring distress and grief to hundreds of thousands of American families each year. Compassion & Choices wants you to know how this limits your healthcare choices.

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