Abstract
Amidst the current tumultuous climate of incessant debates and politicizing about health-care reform in the United States, in this issue of the Linacre, Doctor Guinan and colleagues provide information about pastoral-care practices in the Catholic hospitals within the Archdiocese of Chicago.1 Their premise, that pastoral care is an important component of Catholic health care, is correct; and their question about whether spiritual concerns may be overlooked in a changing health-care environment, especially as relates to cooperation in immoral acts and lack of protection for conscience rights of health-care workers seems to be well-founded. Although they report data based on a small sample, and a simple survey with seemingly meager methodology, it nonetheless has a potentially large and significant effect if it stimulates more thought and dialogue about Catholic identity in Catholic health-care institutions. I think it will, but I have a major question: Is enough being done?
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