{"id":7013,"date":"2016-09-08T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T18:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:47:52","slug":"a-christian-physician-combining-conscience-philanthropia-and-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7013","title":{"rendered":"A Christian Physician: Combining Conscience, Philanthropia, and Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gregory W. Rutecki, Michael J. Sleasman<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"161\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/christianbioethics.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Bioethics\" class=\"wp-image-11204\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christian Bioethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>When physicians today appeal to \u201cconscience,\u201d it has been alleged such exercises pejoratively reflect \u201cconscience without consequence\u201d as contemporary practitioners are said to be insulated from the consequences of such decisions. It has also been implied these physicians avoid traditional professional responsibilities\u2014including providing charity care and making house or night calls. The assertions demand clarification. Fundamentally, what traits constitute an integrated professionalism specific to Christian physicians? Historical evidence verifies sanctity-of-life affirmations by Christian physicians throughout Church history. However, surveying Christian medical practices in the initial centuries of the Common Era, and more recently in the United States, supports integration of conscience with philanthropy and a rigorous definition of a medical vocation. These suggest there may be deterioration in a holistic commitment to medicine in the United States. Reclaiming an integrated professional paradigm\u2014wherein conscience, philanthropia, and vocation are combined\u2014is essential to an authentic contemporary witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sleasman MJ, Rutecki GW.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/cb.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/22\/3\/340.full\">A Christian Physician: Combining Conscience, <em>Philanthropia<\/em>, and Calling.<\/a> Christ Bioeth (2016) 22 (3): 340-362<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory W. Rutecki, Michael J. Sleasman AbstractWhen physicians today appeal to \u201cconscience,\u201d it has been alleged such exercises pejoratively reflect \u201cconscience without consequence\u201d as contemporary practitioners are said to be insulated from the consequences of such decisions. It has also been implied these physicians avoid traditional professional responsibilities\u2014including providing charity care and making house or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7013\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Christian Physician: Combining Conscience, Philanthropia, and Calling&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,552],"tags":[1180,1229],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal-article","category-religion","tag-gregory-w-rutecki","tag-michael-j-sleasman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>A Christian Physician: Combining Conscience, 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