Position Papers
2008 Health Care Task Force Executive Summary
In November 2008, CMA published an Executive Summary of its Health Care Task Force's statement, Heath Care in America: A Catholic Proposal for Renewal.
Position Paper on HPV Immunization
The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) released a position paper on implementation of the new vaccine for HPV, Gardasil®, on January 18, 2007. The CMA recognizes that Gardasil® is safe, effective, and its use can be ethically acceptable yet, at the same time, rejects efforts at the federal level, and in some states, to mandate that girls be vaccinated against HPV.
The position paper can be read by clicking here.
Resolving Conflicts about Treatments Deemed Futile
From time to time the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) is asked to intervene in cases in which a physician or health-care facility has made and is enforcing a judgment of medical futility, consistent with an internal policy and/or state law, over the objections of a patient and/or family member(s). While CMA cannot intervene in particular cases due to their complexity and due to lack of any authority, it can, however, offer guidelines to assist people in working through such issues in a timely, ethical, and charitable manner. Click here to read CMA's position paper on this issue.
2004 Statement on Health Care Reform
In September 2004, the Catholic Medical Association Health Care Task Force published the Statement, Heath Care in America: A Catholic Proposal for Renewal. Drafted by a multi-disciplinary panel composed of physicians and other health care providers, scholars, businessmen and clergy, Health Care in America provides a systematic overview of the challenges to health care delivery and financing in the United States and solutions that are based on the perennial moral and social teachings of the Church.
Homosexuality and Hope
CMA's pamphlet Homosexuality & Hope: Questions and Answers About Same-Sex Attraction provides clear, sensitive, and updated advice to persons and families who are dealing with same-sex attraction.
