Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 68 g
Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals
Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 68 g
Reihe: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
ISBN: 978-1-9788-2887-2
Verlag: Rutgers University Press
One out of every six patients in the United States is treated in a Catholic hospital that follows the policies of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. These policies prohibit abortion, sterilization, contraception, some treatments for miscarriage and gender confirmation, and other reproductive care, undermining hard-won patients’ rights to bodily autonomy and informed decision-making. Drawing on rich interviews with patients and providers, this book reveals both how the bishops’ directives operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the resulting restrictions on medical practice. In doing so, Bishops and Bodies fleshes out a vivid picture of how The Church’s stance on sex, reproduction, and “life” itself manifests in institutions that affect us all.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
Weitere Infos & Material
- Foreword by Debra Stulberg
- Prologue: Unsafe and Unequal
- Introduction: Doctrinal Iatrogenesis
- 1 Growth: How Catholic Health Care Expanded
- 2 Inferior: How Catholic Directives Contradict Medical Standards
- 3 Consumer Medicine? Patients and the Illusion of Choice
- 4 Emergencies: Patient Loss and Suffering
- 5 Mostly Above-Board Workarounds
- 6 Under the Radar Workarounds
- 7 Separation of Church and Hospital
- 8 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
