Why include Ethics on the Ascension Health Web site?
Because healthcare ethics is an interdisciplinary field, the issues with which this resource is concerned range from broad theological and philosophical considerations (for example, about human dignity and the common good) to more technical considerations of medicine, the delivery of healthcare and health law, as well as issues and considerations that are unique to the field of healthcare ethics. In providing this resource, the ethics department has two primary goals. First, this resource page is intended to allow members of Ascension Health and Ascension Health ethics committees to access tools that will aid them in fulfilling their professional duties. Second, this resource page is intended to provide its users with a comprehensive understanding of both healthcare ethics in general and, more particularly, Catholic moral teaching as it relates to ethical issues in healthcare. This second goal, with its emphasis on comprehensiveness, should be considered as an ideal, i.e., always to be
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