Bishops and Bodies Bishops and Bodies
Critical Issues in Health and Medicine

Bishops and Bodies

Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals

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Publisher Description

One out of every six patients in the United States is treated in a Catholic hospital that follows the policies of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. These policies prohibit abortion, sterilization, contraception, some treatments for miscarriage and gender confirmation, and other reproductive care, undermining hard-won patients’ rights to bodily autonomy and informed decision-making. Drawing on rich interviews with patients and providers, this book reveals both how the bishops’ directives operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the resulting restrictions on medical practice. In doing so, Bishops and Bodies fleshes out a vivid picture of how The Church’s stance on sex, reproduction, and “life” itself manifests in institutions that affect us all.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2023
14 July
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
228
Pages
PUBLISHER
Rutgers University Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
4
MB
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