Have catholic healthcare ministries a future?
For centuries, since the second century AD, Christian hospitals and other allied services have flourished in the Western world, with particular emphasis on the needs of people who are socially and economically poor. However, faith-based healthcare ministries, especially Catholic ones, are today runn...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2024, Volume: 101, Issue: 4, Pages: 428-446 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church RK Charity work |
| Further subjects: | B
Leadership
B Mental health; Social aspects B Community Development B Medical Care |
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| Summary: | For centuries, since the second century AD, Christian hospitals and other allied services have flourished in the Western world, with particular emphasis on the needs of people who are socially and economically poor. However, faith-based healthcare ministries, especially Catholic ones, are today running into a public health establishment with different views on healthcare and ethical values. These ministries face critical questions, for example: Can the priority that needs to be given to their primary mission be reconciled with the realities of big business and changing social values? Because the challenges to our mission are so great, should we withdraw from some ministries? Should we focus our mission more directly on an option for people who the poor? |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.T2024120400026201145658850 |
