{"id":4143,"date":"2013-04-02T06:55:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:26:28","slug":"the-uneasy-and-changing-relationship-of-health-care-and-religion-in-our-legal-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4143","title":{"rendered":"The uneasy (and changing) relationship of health care and religion in our legal system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert K. Vischer<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"149\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/theormedbioethics.jpg\" alt=\"Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics\" class=\"wp-image-11173\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Absract<\/strong><br>This article provides a brief introduction to the interplay between law and religion in the health care context. First, I address the extent to which the commitments of a faith tradition may be written into laws that bind all citizens, including those who do not share those commitments. Second, I discuss the law\u2019s accommodation of the faith commitments of individual health care providers\u2014hardly a static inquiry, as the degree of accommodation is increasingly contested. Third, I expand the discussion to include institutional health care providers, arguing that the legal system\u2019s resistance to accommodating the morally distinct identities of institutional providers reflects a short-sighted view of the liberty of conscience. Finally, I offer some tentative thoughts about why these dynamics become even more complicated in the context of Islamic health care providers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Vischer RK. <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11017-013-9248-2\">The uneasy (and changing) relationship of health care and religion in our legal system<\/a>. Theor Med Bioeth. 2013 Apr;34(2):161-70. doi: 10.1007\/s11017-013-9248-2. PubMed PMID: 23546737<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert K. Vischer AbsractThis article provides a brief introduction to the interplay between law and religion in the health care context. First, I address the extent to which the commitments of a faith tradition may be written into laws that bind all citizens, including those who do not share those commitments. 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