There are several reasons. First, clinical medicine has reduced the need for the present number of hospital beds. In most cases it is foreseen that isolation would entail eventual closure. Scandal must also be overcome. Scandal is not the same as a public relations problem.
Scandal is the serious suggestion that evil is attractive or per missible.
Any partnering between Catholic and non-Catholic health services must avoid the impression that Catholic moral doctrine is not being observed. There are five basic principles the Pope John Center is using to evaluate partnerships. We can only do together what all part ners agree to be appropriate. The observance of these princi ples should issue in a morally sound and scandal-free partnership that will contribute to the Catholic health care tradition.