No conscientious objection without normative justification: Against conscientious objection in medicine

Most proponents of conscientious objection accommodation in medicine acknowledge that not all conscientious beliefs can justify refusing service to a patient. Accordingly, they admit that constraints must be placed on the practice of conscientious objection. I argue that one such constraint must be...

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Main Author: Zolf, Benjamin (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 146-153
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B reasonability
B philosophy of medicine
B Medical Ethics
B Conscience
B conscientious objection in medicine
B Professionalism
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