Free Personal Ethics Consultation

All personal consultations are confidential.

Are you a doctor, nurse, patient, health care power of attorney, scientific researcher, medical student or resident, or someone else facing tough ethical decisions in health care and biomedical research? Are you a priest, chaplain, friend, family member, or someone else asked to advise on these matters? Our team is here to help you understand and apply the moral teachings of the Catholic Church in the challenges you face.

Looking for Resources Instead?

• Visit the Resources section of our website for various types of NCBC resources sorted by topic.

• Search for simple keywords in the search engine at the top of the the website.

• Check out our NCBC periodicals—our monthly publication Ethics & Medics and our scholarly journal The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. (A subscription is required to view the most recent five years of issues. Older issues are open-access.)

• Browse our online store for books and guides—including our model advance directive in A Catholic Guide to End of Life Decisions (también disponible en español).

Medical and Legal Advice Disclaimer

The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is a nonprofit research and educational institute committed to providing education, guidance, and resources to the Church and society to uphold the dignity of the human person in health care and biomedical research. The NCBC provides ethics consultations to institutions and individuals seeking its guidance. Neither the NCBC's moral analyses nor any other project of the NCBC should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a legal or medical opinion or otherwise to engage in the practice of law, medicine, or other health care disciplines.

Scope of Service Disclaimer

NCBC offers this personal consultation service to answer questions about real situations involving ethical problems or dilemmas. Requests outside the scope of this service may not receive a reply. Some examples of requests outside the scope of personal consultation include:

• Research-oriented requests

• Questions about hypothetical situations

• Requests for help with academic papers

• Statements or descriptions of experiences without any ethical question