{"id":13733,"date":"2010-03-30T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13733"},"modified":"2023-01-23T13:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:14:29","slug":"are-there-different-spheres-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13733","title":{"rendered":"Are there different spheres of conscience?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Erica J Sutton, Ross EG Upshur<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jevevalclinprac.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice\" class=\"wp-image-14435\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Interest in understanding the meaning of conscience and conscientious objection in medicine has recently emerged in the academic literature. We would like to contribute to this debate in four ways: (1) to underscore and challenge the existing hierarchy of conscientious objection in health care; (2) to highlight the importance of considering the lay public when discussing the role of conscientious objection in medicine; (3) to critique the numerous proposals put forth in favour of implementing review boards to assess whether appeals to conscience are justifiable, reasonable and sincere; and (4) to introduce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Siracusa Principles into the dialogue around conscience and suggest that perhaps conscientious objection is a human right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sutton EJ, Upshur RE.<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1365-2753.2010.01397.x\"> Are there different spheres of conscience?<\/a> J Eval Clin Pract. 2010;16(2):338-343. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erica J Sutton, Ross EG Upshur AbstractInterest in understanding the meaning of conscience and conscientious objection in medicine has recently emerged in the academic literature. 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