Pope Francis and the Transformation of Healthcare Ethics

This audiobook offers a critical analysis of the 2018 edition of the US Catholic Bishops’ Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, highlighting its focus on rule-based ethics and the lack of discussion on recent transformative events within the Church, such as Pope Francis’s reforms and the clerical sex-abuse scandals. Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler explore how the directives may fall short in addressing contemporary ecclesial and ethical challenges faced by Catholic health care institutions.