title: Catholic social policy and U.S. health care reform: a relationship revisited.
abstract: The Roman Catholic Church is the single largest denomination in the United States and the one with the most extensive provider stake in health (and related social service) care. As a follow-up to an earlier analysis of the Catholic role in the thwarted health care reform effort of 1993-94, this article looks at the revival of interest in reform and at the rationale behind and strategy of the Catholic Church's current agenda-setting initiative. The emphasis in this article is on the delicate relationship between organized religion and social policy in a society with an officially secular culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, USA.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Angrosino
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D003469:Culture; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D009014:Morals; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012945:Social Values; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D012962:Sociology, Medical; D014481:United States