title: The Catholic church and U.S. health care reform.
abstract: The Catholic Church is the largest (and arguably the best organized) single denomination in the United States, and it has extensive holdings in the health care field. It therefore has a material stake in the current debate over health care reform, as well as a moral interest in a question touching on the ethics of resource distribution. The position of the church on health care is analyzed as a case study of how organized religion interacts with and attempts to influence social policy in a pluralistic society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology University of South Florida, USA. angrosin@luna.cas.usf.edu
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Angrosino
mesh_terms: D030861:Capitalism; D002410:Catholicism; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009014:Morals; D010684:Philosophy; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D035621:Secularism; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations