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Takano ‘aghast’ at proposed UC affiliation with restrictive Catholic hospitals

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                                   Dignity Health (Wikimedia photo via dailycal.org) The California congressional delegation is “deeply alarmed” by proposed new healthcare rules governing the affiliation between the University of California and Catholic hospital systems that operate under religious restrictions.

Hospitals such as Dignity Health and St. Joseph Health adhere to the Ethical and Religious Directives (ERDs) set by the U.S.

Conference of Catholic Bishops, not by medical professionals, New Ways Ministry reported last June. “Dignity Health operates by the ERDs at 17 out of 31 of their hospitals.” According to the ACLU, NCLR, and National Health Law,  “Contract language explicitly states that students and providers are restricted

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