{"id":11911,"date":"1996-10-09T11:18:00","date_gmt":"1996-10-09T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11911"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:57:17","slug":"descriptive-and-normative-ethics-conscientious-objection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11911","title":{"rendered":"Descriptive and Normative Ethics: Conscientious Objection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tina PH Baker<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nursingmanagement.jpg\" alt=\"Nursing Management\" class=\"wp-image-12626\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nursing Management<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Conscientious objection preserves the personal integrity and wholeness of a health care professional&#8217;s character and personality. Professionals are obligated not only to codes of ethics and standards of care that guide their practices, but also to personal values. When professional and personal values conflict with health care delivery, nurses are compelled to object on moral grounds on behalf of themselves and the public they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker TP. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/nursingmanagement\/Abstract\/1996\/10000\/Descriptive_and_Normative_Ethics_Conscientious.12.aspx\">Descriptive and Normative Ethics: Conscientious Objection<\/a>. Nurs Manag. (Harrow). 1996;27(10):32DD-32FF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tina PH Baker AbstractConscientious objection preserves the personal integrity and wholeness of a health care professional&#8217;s character and personality. Professionals are obligated not only to codes of ethics and standards of care that guide their practices, but also to personal values. When professional and personal values conflict with health care delivery, nurses are compelled to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11911\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Descriptive and Normative Ethics: Conscientious Objection&#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":[554,2,964],"tags":[934,1036],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-journal-article","category-nursing","tag-integrity","tag-tina-ph-baker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Descriptive and Normative Ethics: Conscientious Objection - Protection of Conscience Project 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