Governance, sponsorship, management: what is the trustee's role?
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M M Sengelaub
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Trustees called to reexamine governance, sponsorship roles.
The role of Catholic health care trustees includes certain responsibilities that arise from the sponsor's nature and relationship to the Church. Sponsors, boards, and management must clarify and communicate their expectations of trusteeship.
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The Sister trustee.
As the number of religious sisters decreases and as hospitals are increasingly managed and staffed by laity, there is a national trend toward religious sisters who do not work in the hospital serving on its board of trustees. These sisters are fully responsible board members lending their considerable life experience and their sense of mission to dedicated service and Catholic witness on hospital boards.
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Catholic health care systems: a sign of the times.
Fundamental changes have been taking place both within society and within the Church and religious communities in relation to the delivery of health and hospital services. Consequently, serious attention should be given to an indepth exploration of the potential for religious congregations to continue to vitally witness to the health ministry through the alternative of a systems approach.
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