Personalism in health care.
The practice of personalism in health care will not survive unless health care professionals uphold the inherently equal value of all persons and regard health care as a covenant between themselves and their patients. Respecting the dignity and rights of patients, especially those whose quality of life is severely diminished, demands increasingly great and even heroic efforts.
D000368:Aged; D002410:Catholicism; D002648:Child; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008020:Life Support Care; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D014918:Wills