What is it about?
We argue that conscientious objection is acceptable in medicine/healthcare if the procedure being refused is in itself not in accord with the goal of medicine which we identify as the restoration of health and the treatment of disease. If a procedure does not treat a disease or restore health, a doctor has a right to limit his practice and not take part if it is against his conscience.
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Why is it important?
Conscientious objection is a current controversy in medicine which has wide implications for all health professionals and providers
Perspectives
The proposal is somewhat speculative and to be debated. It is not the strategy to argue for conscientious objection in medicine which others have chosen, and there are weaknesses to our theory. We nevertheless think it is important to raise the question of what health is, if only to show that we must stop to think about this concept further.
Toni Saad
Cardiff University
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This page is a summary of: Testing conscientious objection by the norm of medicine, Clinical Ethics, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1477750917749952.
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