VALERIE KLOOSTERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. ______________________
Kloosterman v. University of Michigan Health System: Physician assistant was terminated for refusing to use “preferred pronouns.” NCBC, Catholic Medical Association, the National Association of Catholic Nurses, USA , et al., filed an amicus brief in support of conscience rights to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and a decision is pending.
Amicus CompassCare Pregnancy Services (“CompassCare”) is a religiously motivated non-profit pregnancy care center with a principal place of business in Rochester, New York.
Read MoreAmici curiae are a preeminent group of organizations devoted to addressing important social and ethical issues—including healthcare decisions involving moral and bioethical concerns—and represent knowledge and experience across various disciplines.
Read MoreSee Amicus Brief, attached. The case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2024. See alert by Alliance Defensing Freedom, which provides Live Stream Access to the hearing.
Read MoreNCBC Joined with Colleague Agencies in Advocating for Life Affirming Language in National Institutes of Health [NIH] Mission Statement
Read More“While working night shift and completing rounds as a Catholic nurse, I am frequently overcome by faith in the silent shadows. Nighttime nursing offers a special time for quiet realization of the value, dignity, and gift of each and every human life.” The NCBC’s DiAnn Ecret shares this special medication for Nurses’ Week 2020.
Read MoreIs it ethically justifiable for an experienced, licensed, and competent health care worker to withdraw from his or her duties of care during a pandemic such as the current COVID-19 global health crisis? Self-isolation will help protect health care workers and their families from exposure to a highly infectious, communicable contagion such as SARS-CoV-2; however, a health care worker’s absence may result in patients’ not receiving needed care. Ultimately, this decision is a prudential one, which requires an understanding of moral principles, valid ethical reasoning, and accurate medical knowledge.
Read MoreTriage protocols can be ethically appropriate when a genuine crisis situation arises, the demand for resources (e.g., space, staff, and equipment) surpasses availability, and other reasonable efforts to increase supply fail to meet the need. This resource is a summary of our full “Triage Protocol Guidelines.”
Read MoreTriage protocols can be ethically appropriate when a genuine crisis situation arises, the demand for resources (e.g., space, staff, and equipment) surpasses availability, and other reasonable efforts to increase supply fail to meet the need. They must be built on a proper, principled moral framework, such as this set of guidelines offered by the NCBC.
Read MoreThe National Catholic Bioethics Center supports and encourages the rapid development of an effective, safe, and widely available vaccine to combat COVID-19. However, even a pandemic does not justify forgetting or violating the fundamental moral principles that guide ethical action: human life is sacred, and should never be exploited.
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Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, The National Catholic Bioethics Center has fielded numerous questions regarding COVID-19 triage protocols. We have reviewed a number of such protocols from both Catholic and secular sources; and while we do not question the need for appropriate policies or question the good motives of their authors, we do have concerns.
We offer this document to alert Catholic (and other) health care providers of elements within these protocols that may conflict with an institution’s mission and Catholic identity.
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