title: As Catholic hospitals begin to merge with for-profit health systems, leaders of both are wondering for whom the church bell tolls.
abstract: As Catholic hospitals begin to work with for-profit health systems, leaders on both sides are asking themselves whether this is a match made in heaven. (It was St. Luke, after all, who first said that you can't serve both God and money). With such contrasting missions, can these distinctive entities mesh and still stay true to their calling?
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tokarski
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000592:standards*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010684:Philosophy; D014481:United States