CHA is offering an on-demand recording of the May 6, 2026 Emerging Topics in Catholic Health Care Ethics Series 5, Session 8: Physicians Aid in Dying: Ethical and Clinical Questions webinar.

Please Note: You must have a CHA web account to access the on-demand recording.

Description

This program is co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association in cooperation with Loyola University Chicago.

This session of Emerging Topics in Catholic Health Care Ethics, led by Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics at Loyola University Chicago, discusses physician aid in dying and the revisions to Part V (Issues in Care for the Seriously Ill and Dying) in the newly promulgated Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.

Physician-assisted suicide (PAS), also commonly known as medical aid in dying (MAID), has become state law in many places that Catholic healthcare serves. While Catholic healthcare does not participate in PAS/MAID, it still raises ethical, and clinical questions within Catholic ministries. This presentation outlines typical features of aid-in-dying laws (Kuczewski), identify the language within the new revision of the ERDs that addresses referrals and care for patients at the end of life (McCarthy), and conclude by exploring clinical questions raised for healthcare professionals (Kockler).

This program is non-refundable.