A Group Practice Disagrees About Offering Contraception

Frank A Chervenak, Laurence McCullough

American Family Physician
American Family Physician

Extract
This case concerns the justification of moral constraints that a physician group decides to apply to itself in the provision of patient services. Family physicians confront this issue with regard to reproductive medical services and state laws such as those in Oregon regarding physician-assisted suicide. Whether such constraints are ethically justified depends on the distinction between professional medical ethics and individual conscience.


Chervenak FA, McCullough L. A Group Practice Disagrees About Offering Contraception. Am Fam Physician. 2002 Mar 15;65(6):1230-1233.

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