Gambescia, Joseph M.

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The Linacre QuarterlyVolume 51 | Number 2 Article 2May 1984President's Page: Excluding Religion?Joseph M. GambesciaFollow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnqRecommended CitationGambescia, Joseph M. (1984) "President's Page: Excluding Religion?," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 51 : No. 2 , Article 2.Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol51/iss2/2ual who referred Joseph and Mary "up the road" to the cave when he was unable to oblige them at his place. Likewise, no one ever wants to be harsh with a physician who unin tentionally overlooks the opportunity to do good for another. However as a person of faith, his vocation is to be sensitive to the presence o Christ hidden in all who call for his services. It is important that at a times he be gracious to the stranger who allows him to witness th greatest of all commandments in our faith. The physician' s attitude, tone of voice, compassion, service an dedication are all encompassed with his generosity in showing lovi1 care to those who call. The man of God treats all his patients as sacri i persons, created in the image of the Creator and destined for eterr l life. His concern goes way beyond the science of medicine, for it s deep-rooted in his love for God and his fellowman . It was Jesus Who said, the GREATEST of all the commandment. ,s to "love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself." H N paradoxical it is that when you lovingly welcome the weakest, ) u become the GREATEST in the eyes of God. - Msgr. Dino Lorenz ,ti Linacre QuarterlY 102 President's Page Excluding Religion ? ~vents in the last several de d . dehberate effort to exclude re/~ es make lt evident that there is a ethi_c" is called upon to fulfill w~~~~ fr~m medical practice. A " new ac~~ve. a "sa•d to be a failure of religion to ere follows here a pertinent b 't . Archbishop Fulton J She h~ of poetry, quoted by the late R z· . . en w lCh ap . . e zgwus Verse, edited by Ja~es D 1 pear~ m Masterpieces of Harper and Brothers. a ton Mornson and published by INDIFFERENCE When Jesus came to Golgotha the . They drave great nails throu h h y hanged l·{Jm on a tree, They crowned Him with a c:owna~~\~~d feet , and ma~e a Calvary ; For those were crude and cruel days th r~, red were His wounds and deep ' e uman flesh was cheap . ' When Jesus came to Birmin ha . They never hurt a hair of H~ ~they simply passed Him by, For men had gro Im , ey only let H1m die · Th wn more tender a d th ' ey only just passed down the ' t n t ey would not gi ve Him pain . s ree ' and left Him in the rain. ' Still Jesus cried "F · th .. A d . ' orgive em for they k n still it rained the wi·nt .' now not what they do " Th er ram that dren h d H' ' An~ ~owds went home and left the streets c -~h I:n through and through; esus crouched against a wall d . WI ou a soul to see, an cned for Calvary. G . . A . Studdert -Kennedy , 1883 -1929 May, 1984 103 . . ored the humility of rejection, are mon The bitterness of bet~g 1f C 1 ' Cardinal Joseph Bernardin o i agonizing than the pam of a varty. a "consistent ethic of life" i· . k ' with re erence o Chtcago, spea mg h r oral vision has the scope, strength anc convinced that the Ca! o lCn me of issues in today's world. subtlety to address a ~tde_ra gto place religion in its proper perspectiv Our 1984 convention atms in the practice of medicine. _Joseph M. Gambescia, M. President REPRINTS d . h LINACRE QUARTERLY, beg in ning wi t r the f le wh ich appeare m t e · f ' l th r 1gh Repri nts of any ar 1c . . . r (a) f ull -sized copy , or (b) m1cro 1m, ' 1966 issues (Vol. 33) are now avadab~ ~O~t~e th Zeeb Road, An n A rbor, Michigan 48 1 6. XEROX UNIVERSITY MICROFILM , or l di -. . .I bleat $3.00 for the first copy , plus 50C for each Full sized repnnts of artic les are aval a d h ndling charges . QuantitY di SC t , n ts d Th . · ludes f1rst class postage an a X E ·ox tional copy ordere . IS mc . f . f'lm copies please contact are also available. For information on the cost o micro ' ' UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS. E RETURN THIS ORDER DIRECTL 'r TO: TO ORDER FULL-SIZED REPRINTS PLEAS z . b R d Ann Arbor Michigan 48 , .J6 . XEROX UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS, 300 North ee oa , , TITLE OF PUBLICATION : Li nacre Qu arterly TITLE OF ARTICLE: DATE 0 F ISSUE------------------- VOL. NUMBER ______________ __ THROUGH ____________ _ INCLUSIVE PAGES TO BE COPIED----------------NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE ARTI~LE NEEDED - . I portion of tl:l e ar t icle . f y of a complete ort iC e, or h·s (Cost is $3 .00, minimum fee , or one cop c each Full remittance must accompa ny t I Add i t ional copies of the same article are 50d posi~ accounts and quantity discounts. A llow order. Pl ease write for further InformatiOn on e two weeks for delivery .) YOUR NAME---------------------------------~-----------------=­ADDRESS ----------------------------ZIP ______ _ The ~costs' of Mercy James V. Schall Father Schall, a Jesuit at Georgetown University, has pre-viously contributed articles to Linacre. On the Origin and Meaning of Health Care and Services The trend is part of a movement toward chain-ownership of hospitals and reflects the growth of both for-profit and non-profit concerns. For-profit, investor-owned chains are growing especially rapidly and find take-overs of public facilities one way to expand. · - Jennifer Bingham Hull , "Ailing Hospital in South," The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 28, 1983. People are individuals and must be treated as such . . .. Their bodily responses will differ; what works best for one patient may not work best for the next. Their preferences will differ, too. The decision of whether to treat with surgery or drugs -and, if the latter, which drugs- is often a hard one . .. . Both patients and doctors Nheuld also be willing to seek second opinions when in doubt. In the end, trust in a doctor 's good judgment remains the heart of the matter. - "Science and Technology: Heart Attacks," The Economist, London, Jan . 8 , 1983, p. 87. For, by perpetuating itself, the strike bears more and more to the prejud ice of the sick . . . . In the confluence of contradictory aspirations -security of employment and a brilliant career - the discontent of those doctors under · thirty-five strikes at a moment when the price of health is placed in question, and when a new Minister of Health is named to tighten the 10crew. In a Period of austerity, health services also ought to come into line. -Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette, L 'Express, Paris, April15, 1983, p. 41. · 1 Afay, l984 Linacre Quarter Y 104 • 105 ------------------------- -----------------

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