Not Here: Catholic Hospital Systems and the Restriction Against Transgender Healthcare

The article focuses on rapid expansion of Catholic hospitals is a concern for transgender people, their advocates, and the insurers who provide their health coverage because Catholic hospitals do not provide transition-related care. It mentions liceity of transgender surgical procedures has been dis...

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Published in:Cross currents
Main Author: Plemons, Eric 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
In: Cross currents
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Catholic hospital / Transgender / Rejection of
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Liberty of conscience
B BIOETHICISTS
B Transgender people
B Freedom Of Religion
B SURGICAL procedures
B Catholic hospitals
B Health Insurance
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Summary:The article focuses on rapid expansion of Catholic hospitals is a concern for transgender people, their advocates, and the insurers who provide their health coverage because Catholic hospitals do not provide transition-related care. It mentions liceity of transgender surgical procedures has been discussed by contemporary American Catholic bioethicists. It also mentions ethical status of transgender healthcare contribute to "religious liberty," in which it is "freedom of conscience."
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12341