{"id":13679,"date":"2007-05-03T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13679"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:25:44","slug":"correspondence-religion-conscience-and-controversial-clinical-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13679","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Religion, Conscience and Controversial Clinical Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nada L Stotland<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nejm.jpg\" alt=\"New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM\" class=\"wp-image-11214\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New England Journal of Medicine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>It is unrealistic and unfair to expect patients to anticipate all conditions that may befall them, identify which ones might be problematic for their physicians, and agree either to reach a compromise or to seek care elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Stotland NL. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/10.1056\/NEJMc070628?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed\">(Correspondence) Religion, Conscience and Controversial Clinical Practices<\/a>. 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