The Catholic Church and Its Hospitals

Do you know if your hospital is Catholic? Do you know what that means for your care and your community? The answers are most probably "No."   This book will answer these questions and pose many others in an expansive examination of the Catholic healthcare system in the United States. This well-researched volume delves deep into the origins, evolution, and the present-day implications of the Catholic healthcare system in the U.S. It traces Catholic healthcare's lineage from its biblical foun