Tensions Between Ethics and the Law: Examination of a Legal Case by Two Midwives Invoking a Conscientious Objection to Abortion in Scotland
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DOI: 10.1007/s10730-019-09378-4
Abstract: This paper examines a legal case arising from a workplace grievance that progressed to being heard at the UK’s Supreme Court. The case of Doogan and Wood versus Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board concerned… read more here.
Keywords: objection abortion; legal case; conscientious objection; case ... See more keywords
Beyond Money: Conscientious Objection in Medicine as a Conflict of Interests
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DOI: 10.1007/s11673-020-09976-9
Abstract: Conflict of interests (COIs) in medicine are typically taken to be financial in nature: it is often assumed that a COI occurs when a healthcare practitioner’s financial interest conflicts with patients’ interests, public health interests,… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; cois; conscientious objection; conflict interests ... See more keywords
Conscientious objection in firms
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DOI: 10.1017/s026626712000022x
Abstract: Abstract This article asks whether firms should exempt employees when they object to elements of their work that go against their conscience. Fairness requires that we follow the rules of an organization we have joined… read more here.
Keywords: objection firms; conscientious objection;
The First World War and Conscientious Objection in Australia
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DOI: 10.1080/10402659.2019.1800946
Abstract: In the following I examine the legal right of Australians to be conscientious objectors, that is, to disobey conscription laws if their beliefs (religious or otherwise) preclude them from reporting... read more here.
Keywords: first world; conscientious objection; objection australia; world war ... See more keywords
A narrative literature review of the impact of conscientious objection by health professionals on women’s access to abortion worldwide 2013–2021
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.2020318
Abstract: ABSTRACT Conscientious objection to provide abortion has been enshrined in laws and policies globally. Insufficient attention has been paid to the direct and indirect ways in which conscientious objection compromises women’s access to a lawful… read more here.
Keywords: women access; health; abortion; objection ... See more keywords
Conscientious Objection to Gender-Affirming Surgery: Institutional Experience and Recommendations.
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DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000010233
Abstract: As more academic institutions with surgical residency training programs begin to offer gender-affirming surgery, issues of trainee conscientious objection related to participation in these patient encounters may arise. Herein, we discuss our institutional experience with… read more here.
Keywords: institutional experience; objection; conscientious objection; gender affirming ... See more keywords
A defense of conscientious objection: Why health is integral to the permissibility of medical refusals.
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DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12956
Abstract: Schuklenk, Smalling, and Savulescu put forth four conditions that delineate when conscientious objection is impermissible. Roughly, they argue for the following claim: if some practice is legal, standard, expected of a profession, and in the… read more here.
Keywords: conscientious objection; medical refusals; practice; refuse perform ... See more keywords
What is special about conscientious objection?
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DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12999
Abstract: The deliverances of our conscience are heartfelt, but not necessarily reason-based, moral convictions that concern our own behaviour. The fact that conscientious objections to a regulation, like a prohibition or obligation, express a heartfelt conviction… read more here.
Keywords: special conscientious; conscientious objection;
Response to: 'Why medical professionals have no moral claim to conscientious objection accommodation in liberal democracies' by Schuklenk and Smalling.
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103643
Abstract: Bioethicists commenting on conscientious objection and abortion should consider the empirical data on abortion providers. Abortion providers do not fall neatly into groups of providers and objectors, and ambivalence is a key theme in their… read more here.
Keywords: abortion; conscientious objection; response medical; professionals moral ... See more keywords
Questionable benefits and unavoidable personal beliefs: defending conscientious objection for abortion
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105566
Abstract: Conscientious objection in healthcare has come under heavy criticism on two grounds recently, particularly regarding abortion provision. First, critics claim conscientious objection involves a refusal to provide a legal and beneficial procedure requested by a… read more here.
Keywords: questionable benefits; personal beliefs; abortion; conscientious objection ... See more keywords
Conscientious objection and the referral requirement as morally permissible moral mistakes
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2021-107740
Abstract: Some contributions to the current literature on conscience objection in healthcare posit the notion that the requirement to refer patients to a non-objecting provider is a morally questionable undertaking in need of explanation. The issue… read more here.
Keywords: moral mistakes; requirement; conscientious objection; morally permissible ... See more keywords