Canadian Catholic Health Care at the Nexus of Multiple Legal Regimes
What does it mean to be a public Catholic institution in Canada? How does this Catholic identity evolve with the secularisation and diversification of society, and with the rising awareness of the complicated legacy of Catholicism and colonisation in Canada? This article explores those questions dra...
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| description | What does it mean to be a public Catholic institution in Canada? How does this Catholic identity evolve with the secularisation and diversification of society, and with the rising awareness of the complicated legacy of Catholicism and colonisation in Canada? This article explores those questions drawing on document analysis and interviews with staff working in Catholic health care. Taking a legal pluralist approach, it documents how Catholic health-care institutions navigate between transnational canon laws and ethics, and human rights law. Catholic health care is situated in a web of national and transnational legal regimes. We argue that this navigation takes different forms to adapt to societal changes, such as the authorization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). This article speaks directly to how Christianity continues to play a subtle, but still constant presence in Canadian Catholic hospitals, and debunks tropes that construct relationships between state and religion as one of clear separation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-624d6f445a794f559aaf84c997cb9e8b2025-08-20T12:55:21ZengCambridge University PressCanadian Journal of Law and Society0829-32011911-022712110.1017/cls.2025.6Canadian Catholic Health Care at the Nexus of Multiple Legal RegimesAmélie Barras0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2226-9126Andrea Paras1https://ror.org/05fq50484 York University , Canadahttps://ror.org/01r7awg59 University of Guelph , CanadaWhat does it mean to be a public Catholic institution in Canada? How does this Catholic identity evolve with the secularisation and diversification of society, and with the rising awareness of the complicated legacy of Catholicism and colonisation in Canada? This article explores those questions drawing on document analysis and interviews with staff working in Catholic health care. Taking a legal pluralist approach, it documents how Catholic health-care institutions navigate between transnational canon laws and ethics, and human rights law. Catholic health care is situated in a web of national and transnational legal regimes. We argue that this navigation takes different forms to adapt to societal changes, such as the authorization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). This article speaks directly to how Christianity continues to play a subtle, but still constant presence in Canadian Catholic hospitals, and debunks tropes that construct relationships between state and religion as one of clear separation.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0829320125000067/type/journal_articlereligionlawCatholicismhealth caresecularismpoliticsmedical assistance in dyingreligiondroitcatholicismesoins de santésécularismepolitiqueaide médicale à mourir |
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| topic | religion law Catholicism health care secularism politics medical assistance in dying religion droit catholicisme soins de santé sécularisme politique aide médicale à mourir |
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