Healthcare responsibilities and conscientious objection

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-252

  Cook, Rebecca J ^a   Arango Olaya, Mónica ^b   Dickens, Bernard M ^a  

^a at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^b Centre for Reproductive Rights   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion services; Conscientious objection; Duty to refer; Hospitals' legal responsibilities; Limits of conscientious objection; Patients' rights; Professional duties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL POLICY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; CIVIL RIGHTS; COLOMBIA; CONSCIENCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CIVIL RIGHTS; COLOMBIA; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 66549120325     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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