Health planners wary of bishop-hospital conflicts

by Tom Roberts on Jan. 20, 2011

As this story in today's Washington Post illustrates, the conflicts between Catholic bishops and their hospitals are affecting a debate in Montgomery County, Md., where a Catholic hospital is competing with another institution for permission to expand.

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