{"id":13206,"date":"2019-10-29T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13206"},"modified":"2023-01-29T16:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T00:24:59","slug":"colorado-end-of-life-options-act-a-clash-of-organizational-and-individual-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13206","title":{"rendered":"Colorado End-of-Life Options Act: A Clash of Organizational and Individual Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew Wynia<\/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\/02\/jama.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of the American Medical Association\" class=\"wp-image-10989\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of the American Medical Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>If the courts rule that the Constitution allows hospitals to exert control over individual physicians\u2019 claims of professional conscience, it will be a victory for corporate medicine. But if the state law is upheld, the case could establish that physicians\u2019 professional conscience claims hold or take precedence over the ethical and religious directives of religiously affiliated hospitals. It is possible that at least some religiously affiliated health systems might rather close than allow that outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Wynia M. <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2753848\">Colorado End-of-Life Options Act: A Clash of Organizational and Individual Conscience<\/a>. J Am Med  Ass. 2019 Oct 29;322(20):1953-1954. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Wynia ExtractIf the courts rule that the Constitution allows hospitals to exert control over individual physicians\u2019 claims of professional conscience, it will be a victory for corporate medicine. 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