{"id":8409,"date":"2017-01-15T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T16:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8409"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:42:45","slug":"how-to-allow-conscientious-objection-in-medicine-while-protecting-patient-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8409","title":{"rendered":"How to Allow Conscientious Objection in Medicine While Protecting Patient Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aaron Ancell, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><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>Abstract<\/strong><br>Paradigmatic cases of conscientious objection in medicine are those in which a physician refuses to provide a medical service or good because doing so would conflict with that physician\u2019s personal moral or religious beliefs. Should such refusals be allowed in medicine? We argue that (1) many conscientious objections to providing certain services must be allowed because they fall within the range of freedom that physicians have to determine which services to offer in their practices; (2) at least some conscientious objections to serving particular groups of patients should be allowed because they are not invidiously discriminatory; and (3) even in cases of invidiously discriminatory conscientious objections, legally prohibiting individual physicians from refusing to serve patients on the basis of such objections is not always the best solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Ancell A, Sinnott-Armstrong W. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/cambridge-quarterly-of-healthcare-ethics\/article\/how-to-allow-conscientious-objection-in-medicine-while-protecting-patient-rights\/71A0D944A2A250B46E57480C2933BC27\"> How to Allow Conscientious Objection in Medicine While Protecting Patient Rights.<\/a> Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2017 Jan;26(1):120-131.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Ancell, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong AbstractParadigmatic cases of conscientious objection in medicine are those in which a physician refuses to provide a medical service or good because doing so would conflict with that physician\u2019s personal moral or religious beliefs. Should such refusals be allowed in medicine? 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