{"id":12101,"date":"1895-10-05T13:54:00","date_gmt":"1895-10-05T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:59:10","slug":"editorial-a-question-of-conscience-bmj-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12101","title":{"rendered":"(Editorial) A Question of Conscience: BMJ comment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British Medical Journal<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>We have received so many letters on this subject, containing, often, repetitions of arguments already used by other correspondents, that we find it impossible to publish all. We print below abstracts of some of the communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Author of Mona Maclean thinks that not many practitioners of her sex will agree with Miss Kenealy&#8217;s views. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgeon-Captain O&#8217;Callaghan, A.M.S., congratulates Miss Kenealy -on her courage in formulating in written words one of the many questions of conscience that have perplexed many minds. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Lawson Tait (Birmingham), while thinking Miss Kenealy quite wrong in her line of action, finds &#8221; T. C. A.&#8217;s&#8221; letter inconclusive and not philosophic. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E. E. W., writing as a woman, dependent on the honest and straightforward dealing of medical men, asks whether, in the case instanced by Miss Kenealy, it was not wrong to withhold treatment from the mother. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. A. G. S. Mahomed (Bournemouth) considers that in the case instanced by her, Miss Kenealy failed in her duty, since, though she thought mercurials would improve the mother&#8217;s condition, she failed to prescribe them. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. T. E. Constant (Scarborough), writing as one who is not a medical practitioner, is stirred by a perusal of Miss Kenealy&#8217;s letter to inquire whether ladies are fit for a profession so severely practical as that of medicine. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>BMJ. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2508884\/pdf\/brmedj08789-0054d.pdf\">(Editorial) A Question of Conscience: BMJ comment<\/a>. Br Med J. 1895;2(1814):870-871.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Medical Journal ExtractWe have received so many letters on this subject, containing, often, repetitions of arguments already used by other correspondents, that we find it impossible to publish all. We print below abstracts of some of the communications. The Author of Mona Maclean thinks that not many practitioners of her sex will agree with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12101\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Editorial) A Question of Conscience: BMJ comment&#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":[554,17,881],"tags":[919,30],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-eugenics-genetics","category-journals-editorials","tag-arabella-kenealy","tag-british-medical-journal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>(Editorial) A Question of Conscience: BMJ comment - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We have received so many letters on this subject that we find it impossible to publish all. 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