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Catholic health care systems: a sign of the times. 1978

M M Sengelaub

Fundamental changes have been taking place both within society and within the Church and religious communities in relation to the delivery of health and hospital services. Consequently, serious attention should be given to an indepth exploration of the potential for religious congregations to continue to vitally witness to the health ministry through the alternative of a systems approach.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008507	Medically Underserved Area	A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.	National Health Service Corps,Physician Shortage Area,Area, Medically Underserved,Health Service Corps, National,Medically Underserved Population,Area, Physician Shortage,Areas, Medically Underserved,Areas, Physician Shortage,Medically Underserved Areas,Medically Underserved Populations,Physician Shortage Areas,Population, Medically Underserved,Populations, Medically Underserved,Shortage Area, Physician,Shortage Areas, Physician,Underserved Area, Medically,Underserved Areas, Medically,Underserved Population, Medically,Underserved Populations, Medically
D010067	Ownership	The legal relation between an entity (individual, group, corporation, or-profit, secular, government) and an object. The object may be corporeal, such as equipment, or completely a creature of law, such as a patent; it may be movable, such as an animal, or immovable, such as a building.	Property Rights,Property Right,Rights, Property
D010327	Pastoral Care	Counseling or comfort given by ministers, priests, rabbis, etc., to those in need of help with emotional problems or stressful situations.	Psychology, Pastoral,Pastoral Psychology,Care, Pastoral
D002410	Catholicism	The Christian faith, practice, or system of the Catholic Church, specifically the Roman Catholic, the Christian church that is characterized by a hierarchic structure of bishops and priests in which doctrinal and disciplinary authority are dependent upon apostolic succession, with the pope as head of the episcopal college. (From Webster, 3d ed; American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)	Roman Catholic Ethics,Roman Catholicism,Roman Catholics,Catholic, Roman,Catholicism, Roman,Catholics, Roman,Ethic, Roman Catholic,Ethics, Roman Catholic,Roman Catholic,Roman Catholic Ethic
D006040	Goals	The end-result or objective, which may be specified or required in advance.	Goal
D006273	Health Facility Merger	The combining of administrative and organizational resources of two or more health care facilities.	Acquisition, Health Facility,Health Facility Acquisition,Hospital Merger,Merger, Health Facility,Acquisitions, Health Facility,Facility Acquisition, Health,Facility Acquisitions, Health,Facility Merger, Health,Facility Mergers, Health,Health Facility Acquisitions,Health Facility Mergers,Hospital Mergers,Merger, Hospital,Mergers, Health Facility,Mergers, Hospital
D006739	Hospital Administration	Management of the internal organization of the hospital.	Hospital Organization and Administration,Organization and Administration, Hospital,Administration, Hospital
D006755	Hospital Shared Services	Cooperation among hospitals for the purpose of sharing various departmental services, e.g., pharmacy, laundry, data processing, etc.	Hospital Services, Shared,Services, Hospital Shared,Services, Shared Hospital,Shared Hospital Services,Shared Services, Hospital,Hospital Service, Shared,Hospital Shared Service,Service, Hospital Shared,Service, Shared Hospital,Shared Hospital Service,Shared Service, Hospital
D006788	Hospitals, Voluntary	Private, not-for-profit hospitals that are autonomous, self-established, and self-supported.	Hospitals, Private, Not-for-Profit,Hospitals Privates, Not-for-Profit,Not-for-Profit Hospitals Private,Not-for-Profit Hospitals Privates,Private, Not-for-Profit Hospitals,Voluntary Hospitals,Hospital, Voluntary,Hospitals Private, Not-for-Profit,Hospitals Privates, Not for Profit,Not for Profit Hospitals Private,Not for Profit Hospitals Privates,Private, Not for Profit Hospitals,Privates, Not-for-Profit Hospitals,Voluntary Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man