ArticleThe Linacre quarterly2016
Health care's ills: A Catholic diagnosis.
Article in The Linacre quarterly, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- The Catholic Appeal to Health: A Pastoral Analysis on the Catholic Church's View of Health Inequity in Health Outcomes and Diseases in the Philippines.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Religious Perspectives on Precision Medicine in Singapore.Asian bioethics review · 2021Article
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Abstract
Catholic teaching is emphatic on the need to "guarantee adequate [health] care to all," as Pope Benedict XVI has stated. America has been slower than other advanced countries in progressing towards this goal. Reasons for this delay can be found in certain attitudes that have long been present in American culture, and have been reinforced by the wave of libertarianism (free-market ideology) that swept the world in the late twentieth century. Catholic theology and social/economic teaching can help us understand the flaws in these attitudes, which involve fundamental philosophical and theological principles, but which are far from academic, since they have serious and very practical consequences. In the light of Catholic teaching, we can look towards a sounder understanding of healthcare needs and effective ways of meeting them.
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