Catholic Health Care in the United States: American Pluralism and Religious Meanings

This essay chronicles the development of Catholic health care in the United States during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. The author points to the religious pluralism and the respect for that pluralism as well as to the evangelical drive for conversion evident in Catholic hospitals. This ess...

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Auteur principal: Kauffman, Christopher J. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford University Press 1999
Dans: Christian bioethics
Année: 1999, Volume: 5, Numéro: 1, Pages: 44-65
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Résumé:This essay chronicles the development of Catholic health care in the United States during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. The author points to the religious pluralism and the respect for that pluralism as well as to the evangelical drive for conversion evident in Catholic hospitals. This essay is a phenomenological study of this commitment to pluralism and the evangelical impulse within the contexts of health care.
ISSN:1744-4195
Contient:Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/chbi.5.1.44.3797