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2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-370
Author(s):  
Terrance Klein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Ethics ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Health Care Ethics ◽  
Georgetown University ◽  
Catholic Health Care

Ethics Education of Medical Staff and Associates

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Erica Laethem ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Moral Agency ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Care Ethics ◽  
Health Care Ethics ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Catholic Health Care

Ethics education is an essential obligation of a robust health care ethics service. Although there is no one-size-fits all approach, all ethics education should be proactive and therefore should avoid portraying ethics as mere compliance with moral norms or as an esoteric activity that applies only in cases of moral conflict. Such a negative approach can lead to an ethics of minimums and to the disempowerment of moral agency. In addition, ethics education should promote ethics competency and virtue for the sake of human flourishing through instruction and habituation. To serve the individuals from diverse backgrounds who work in Catholic health care, ethics education should reflect the Catholic teaching that faith and reason are compatible, and that ethics need not be bound to an exclusively theological approach. This will foster a flourishing moral community where medical staff and associates are united by a common mission and ethical commitments.

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