Conscience and Catholic Health Care

CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD! - FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP "An essential and refreshing read, not just for health care professionals but also for secular policy advocates like myself. The authors open up the theme of conscience and move beyond the notion of conscience as a closed door or a sledge hammer. For example, the communal dimension of conscience was unknown to me; I now see how imagination and the common good are also included in any moral decision. What a treat!" --Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice"This perfectly-timed volume offers the latest theological scholarship on conscience and its personal and social formation, and shows clearly the current complexities in Catholic health care in a pluralist society. Contributors include seasoned and experienced ethicists in Catholic health care as well as senior scholars on conscience. The result is a constructive approach that is nuanced and focused on the do's rather than only