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Tag: Human dignity

IS OURS a CULTURE of LIFE?

February 12, 2019 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Every human life is uniquely precious, of inestimable dignity, and worthy of being valued and protected. That truth, and the…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Human dignity

LETTING OUR LOVED ONES GO HOME to GOD

October 28, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The Catholic Church opposes euthanasia, understood as the deliberate killing of a person in order to end his or her…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Death and dying, Human agency, Human dignity

HEALTH CARE MINISTRY in the SPIRIT of SAINT DOMINIC

August 5, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Saint Dominic is the Holy Founder of the Order of Preachers (the “Dominican” Order) that serves the parish community of…

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Posted in: Faith, Healthcare Filed under: Human dignity, Ministry

THE IMPORTANCE of STORYTELLING in HEALTH CARE

July 29, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

In one of their “Sunday Review” sections, The New York Times published an article titled “Why Doctors Need Stories.” It was written…

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Posted in: Healthcare Filed under: Human dignity, Ministry

THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART IV: KILLING for the PURPOSES of MEDICINE

July 22, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

We are once again considering the wrongfulness of direct abortion and, more generally, the deliberate killing of human beings in…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Human agency, Human dignity

THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART III: ABORTION in TRAUMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES

July 15, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

A direct abortion is an abortion that is deliberately chosen and is always morally wrong. It is morally wrong because…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Human agency, Human dignity

THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART II: THE WRONGFULNESS of DIRECT ABORTION

July 8, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Human life is a precious gift from Godwho made man and woman in His own image and likeness. The human…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching, Human agency, Human dignity

THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART I: THE BEGINNING of HUMAN LIFE

July 1, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Human life is a precious gift from God. In its very first chapter, the Bible tells us, “God created mankind…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching, Human dignity

THE ETHICS of END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART II: CHOOSING LIFE and ACCEPTING DEATH

February 18, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

I have set before you life and death . . . Choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19). With these words, Moses exhorts God’s…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: End of life health care, Human agency, Human dignity

THE ETHICS of END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART I: ORDINARY MEANS of PRESERVING LIFE

February 11, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Human life is a precious gift from god. In its very first chapter, the Bible tells us, “God created mankind…

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Posted in: Ethics, Healthcare Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care, Human dignity

LIFE is WORTH LIVING: REJECTING ASSISTED SUICIDE

January 21, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

“For me, it has always been clear: life is worth it only if you want it.” Thus states Carlos Framb…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: End of life health care, Human dignity

THE HUMANIZATION of HEALTH CARE

January 14, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Most, if not all, of the ethical problems in the world of health care come from a failure to grasp…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Human dignity, Scripture

FEEDING the SICK: NUTRITION and HYDRATION in HEALTH CARE

January 7, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Preservation of bodily life is among the most basic goals of health care. The means that are used to accomplish…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, End of life health care, Human dignity

HOME for CHRISTMAS in the FAMILY of GOD

December 24, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Everybody wants to be home for Christmas. Everybody wants to spend Christmas with family. But some people can’t be home…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Christmas, Human dignity, Scripture, Trust in God

THE DIGNITY of the HUMAN PERSON in HEALTH CARE: THE PATIENT as CHRIST

December 17, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Like all human beings, patients receiving medical care can be identified with Jesus Christ by virtue of the Incarnation, the…

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Posted in: Healthcare Filed under: Human dignity, Scripture, Spirituality, Suffering

CRIPPLED by ILLNESS; RUNNING to MEET the LORD

December 3, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The patients I encounter in my health care ministry are not, for the most part, runners. Many of them can…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Advent, Catholic liturgy, Human dignity, Prayer, Scripture, Suffering

THE DIGNITY of the HUMAN PERSON in HEALTH CARE: the PATIENT as AGENT

November 19, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

We often use the word “patient” when speaking of men and women who are receiving medical care without giving much…

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Posted in: Healthcare Filed under: Human agency, Human dignity, Spirituality

The ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE

October 22, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

We are accustomed to evaluating people according to professional standards. “She’s a good doctor.” “He’s a good accountant.” “Their second…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Human dignity

The RIGHT to LIFE: the RIGHT of a CHILD; not the RIGHT to a CHILD

June 18, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. 1 Comment

That illnesses can now be diagnosed and treated when a child is still in the womb represents a significant advance…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Beginning of life health care, Church teaching, Human dignity

HUMAN CONSCIENCE and PATIENT AUTONOMY

April 30, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Conscience, according to Saint Thomas Aquinas, is the act of the human intellect by which “we judge that something should…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Church teaching, Human agency, Human dignity, St. Thomas Aquinas

PATIENTS and their FAMILIES

January 1, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

One of the saddest experiences I have as a hospital chaplain is ministering to patients who die alone. Thankfully, that…

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Posted in: Healthcare Filed under: Death and dying, Human dignity, Suffering

ETHICS as RESTORING the IMAGE of GOD

October 30, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his great Summa Theologica, begins his treatment of ethics with the Christian understanding that human beings…

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Posted in: Ethics Filed under: Human agency, Human dignity, St. Thomas Aquinas

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