Conscience in reproductive health care, prioritizing patient interests, Carolyn McLeod
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Conscience in reproductive health care, prioritizing patient interests, Carolyn McLeod
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Conscience in reproductive health care
Medium
electronic resource
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bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1154560874
Responsibility statement
Carolyn McLeod
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
prioritizing patient interests
Summary
There is a growing trend worldwide of health care professionals conscientiously refusing to provide abortions and similar reproductive health services in countries where these services are legal and professionally accepted. Carolyn McLeod responds to this problem by arguing that conscientious objectors in health care should have to prioritize the interests of patients in receiving care over their own interest in acting on their conscience. She defends this "prioritizing approach" to conscientious objection over the more popular "compromise approach" in bioethics. All the while, she is careful not to downplay the importance of health care professionals having a conscience or the moral complexity of their conscientious refusals.--, Provided by publisher
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