{"id":11907,"date":"2009-05-26T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11907"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:55:51","slug":"editorial-conscience-and-the-unconscionable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11907","title":{"rendered":"(Editorial) Conscience and the Unconscionable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Baker<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bioethics.jpg\" alt=\"Bioethics\" class=\"wp-image-11050\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bioethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>The challenge is thus to accommodate conscience- based treatment refusals without jeopardizing the foundations of pluralistic medical professionalism. I believe that medical professionals functioning in pluralistic healthcare settings may be excused from providing certain information or services if they apologize to those in need of this aid, and if those in need of aid can be assured equitable access to the information or services in question. Note carefully, I am proposing conditions for excusing professionals who fail to maintain moral neutrality; I am not defending a right to conscience-based denials of healthcare, or \u2018civil rights\u2019 protections for refusers. . .Refusals to refer to other professionals or to transfer prescriptions are inexcusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker R. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1467-8519.2009.01735.x\">(Editorial) Conscience and the Unconscionable<\/a>. Bioethics. 2009;23(5):350-352. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Baker ExtractThe challenge is thus to accommodate conscience- based treatment refusals without jeopardizing the foundations of pluralistic medical professionalism. I believe that medical professionals functioning in pluralistic healthcare settings may be excused from providing certain information or services if they apologize to those in need of this aid, and if those in need of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11907\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Editorial) Conscience and the Unconscionable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[554,881,1401,1646],"tags":[1037,1128,972,1038],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-journals-editorials","category-professionalism","category-referral","tag-bioethics-journal","tag-neutrality","tag-pluralism","tag-robert-baker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>(Editorial) Conscience and the Unconscionable - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We may conditionally excuse professionals who fail to maintain moral neutrality. 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