{"id":12898,"date":"2002-03-15T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2002-03-15T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12898"},"modified":"2023-02-04T16:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T00:39:17","slug":"a-group-practice-disagrees-about-offering-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12898","title":{"rendered":"A Group Practice Disagrees About Offering Contraception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frank A Chervenak,  Laurence McCullough<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/amfamphysician.jpg\" alt=\"American Family Physician\" class=\"wp-image-15938\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American Family Physician<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Chervenak FA, McCullough L. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aafp.org\/pubs\/afp\/issues\/2002\/0315\/p1230.html\">A Group Practice Disagrees About Offering Contraception<\/a>. Am Fam Physician. 2002 Mar 15;65(6):1230-1233. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank A Chervenak, Laurence McCullough ExtractThis 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. 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