Adjudicating rights or analyzing interests: Ethicists' role in the debate over conscience in clinical practice

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Antommaria, Armand H Matheny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Conscientious objection; Emergency contraception; Interests

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; GESTAGEN; KETOCONAZOLE; NICOTINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RANITIDINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSCIENCE; COUNSELING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN RIGHT; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSCIENCE; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICISTS; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, PHARMACY; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 54949128217     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-008-9077-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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