Ethical & Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Leadership
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Number
6298
Career
Graduate
Units
3 units
Grading
Graded
Description
This course offers a topical survey of bioethical issues pertinent to clinical practice in the Catholic context. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' document, Ethical and Religious directives for Catholic Health Care Services, 5th Edition, serves as the guiding document of the course. Topics and concepts considered include abortion, contraception, sterilization, nutrition and hydration, withdrawal of life support, care of the dying, cooperation, conscience, human dignity and personhood.

Outcomes: This course aims to assist students in establishing a substantive familiarity with the positions and moral reasoning of the Catholic tradition in clinical bioethics through a consideration of Church documents, scholarly texts and articles and formative debates within contemporary Catholic bioethics.
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Class Details
Instructor(s)
Michael McCarthy, Kayhan Parsi, William Schmilke, Robert Johnson, Robbin Hiller, Mark Kuczewski
Meets
TBA
Dates
08/25/2025 - 12/13/2025
Room
TBA
Instruction Mode
Online
Campus
Online Campus
Location
Online Campus
Components
Lecture Required
Class Availability
Status
Open
Seats Taken
10
Seats Open
10
Class Capacity
20
Wait List Total
0
Wait List Capacity
0