{"id":13293,"date":"2009-01-01T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13293"},"modified":"2023-01-23T13:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:31:32","slug":"negative-and-positive-claims-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13293","title":{"rendered":"Negative and positive claims of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MR Wicclair<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cambridge-quarterly.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11048\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Journal&#8217;s Extract<\/strong><br>Discussions of appeals to conscience by healthcare professionals typically focus on situations in which they object to providing a legal and professionally permitted service, such as abortion, sterilization, prescribing or dispensing emergency contraception, and organ retrieval pursuant to donation after cardiac death. \u201cNegative claims of conscience\u201d will designate such appeals to conscience. When healthcare professionals advance a negative claim of conscience, they do so to secure an exemption from ethical, professional, institutional, and\/or legal obligations or requirements to provide a healthcare service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Wicclair MR. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/cambridge-quarterly-of-healthcare-ethics\/article\/abs\/negative-and-positive-claims-of-conscience\/72BD32AF816D5B7A4C9D8ABF948FBA4B\">Negative and positive claims of conscience<\/a>. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2009;18(1):14-22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MR Wicclair Journal&#8217;s ExtractDiscussions of appeals to conscience by healthcare professionals typically focus on situations in which they object to providing a legal and professionally permitted service, such as abortion, sterilization, prescribing or dispensing emergency contraception, and organ retrieval pursuant to donation after cardiac death. \u201cNegative claims of conscience\u201d will designate such appeals to conscience. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13293\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Negative and positive claims of 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