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Pastoral care of patients with Ebola Virus Disease: A medical and canonical
opinion about pastoral visits to patients with contagious and highly fatal
diseases
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The Ebola Virus Disease is a contagious and highly fatal illness that up until
recently had been geographically limited to remote areas of Africa. In 2014,
Ebola patients have been transported to the United States for care or have been
newly diagnosed in the United States. With the intensive medical care and
isolation policies usually needed by these patients, we inquired whether pastoral
care would be possible. Using clinical and canonical considerations, we analyzed
the permissibility and logistical challenges pastoral care presents to the
priests and lay ministers, as well as the healthcare system. We conclude that
with the approval of local, state, and federal health officials, pastoral care,
including provision of the sacraments, is possible. It would require proper
training, proper equipment and policies, and a significant commitment of time.
While the risk to the pastoral team is difficult to define, it seems low in an
Ebola-capable medical system. These risks to priests and ministers seem
reasonable given the inestimable benefits of receiving the sacraments during
critical illness. Lay summary: Traditional pastoral visits to hospitalized
patients might prove difficult or impossible for diseases that are contagious and
highly fatal. This inquiry examines the feasibility, challenges, and logistical
solutions to these visits. With input from bishops, priests, a canon lawyer, an
epidemiologist, a physician, the CDC, and others, we conclude that pastoral
visits are possible. Visits will require permission of health authorities,
commitments of time, training, and a small but significant risk to the health of
priests and others who volunteer for this ministry.