What are the “ERDs”?

By Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC

See these resources for the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, 6th Ed.

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, 6th Ed.

 

 

The Importance of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) by Dr. Joseph Meany, President NCBC

 

 

The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services: Part Five— Issues in Care for the Seriously Ill and Dying—and Promoting their Value in a Secular Culture Seeking Assisted Suicide, Christine Sybert, PharmD, 2022

 

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National Cancer Institute. “Child Treated in ICU.” WikiMedia Commons, January 21, 2013. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child_treated_in_ICU.jpg.

 

 

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