Is conscientious objection incompatible with a physician's professional obligations?

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-185

  Wicclair, Mark R ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscience; Conscientious objection; Doctor patient relationship; Ethics; Professional obligations

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSCIENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST;

CODES OF ETHICS; CONSCIENCE; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 54949093561     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-008-9075-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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