Publications by Others
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(Jan 2018) A twist on conscientious objection: a regulatory proposal based on the practice of legal abortion in Argentina
Translated from Spanish: “Una vuelta de tuerca a la objeción de conciencia: Una propuesta regulatoria a partir de las prácticas del aborto legal en Argentina” by Agustina Ramón Michel and Sonia Ariza, on behalf of CEDES and Ipas January 2018 Note: The authors do support allowing “CO” – however, they propose strict regulation of it, […]
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(Apr 2017) Against the accommodation of subjective healthcare provider beliefs in medicine: counteracting supporters of conscientious objector accommodation arguments
by Ricardo Smalling and Udo Schuklenk J Med Ethics. 2017 Apr;43(4):253-256. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103883 We respond in this paper to various counter arguments advanced against our stance on conscientious objection accommodation. Contra Maclure and Dumont, we show that it is impossible to develop reliable tests for conscientious objectors’ claims with regard to the reasonableness of the […]
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(April 2017) Physicians, Not Conscripts — Conscientious Objection in Health Care
Ronit Y. Stahl, Ph.D., and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. New England Journal of Medicine, 376;14, April 6, 2017 “Conscience clause” legislation has proliferated in recent years, extending the legal rights of health care professionals to cite their personal religious or moral beliefs as a reason to opt out of performing specific procedures or caring […]
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(Jan 2017) The Cost of Conscience: Kant on Conscience and Conscientious Objection
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2017 , pp. 69-81 Jeanette Kennett https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180116000657 Abstract: The spread of demands by physicians and allied health professionals for accommodation of their private ethical, usually religiously based, objections to providing care of a particular type, or to a particular class of persons, suggests the need […]
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(Jan 2017) The Legal Ethical Backbone of Conscientious Refusal
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2017 , pp. 59-68 Christian Munthe and Morten Ebbe Juul Nielsen https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180116000645 Abstract: This article analyzes the idea of a legal right to conscientious refusal for healthcare professionals from a basic legal ethical standpoint, using refusal to perform tasks related to legal abortion (in cases […]
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(Jan 2017) My Conscience May Be My Guide, but You May Not Need to Honor It
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2017 , pp. 44-58 Hugh LaFollette https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180116000256 Abstract: A number of healthcare professionals assert a right to be exempt from performing some actions currently designated as part of their standard professional responsibilities. Most advocates claim that they should be excused from these duties simply by […]
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(Dec 2016) Objection to Conscience: An Argument Against Conscience Exemptions in Healthcare
Alberto Giubilini 23 December 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12333 Abstract I argue that appeals to conscience do not constitute reasons for granting healthcare professionals exemptions from providing services they consider immoral (e.g. abortion). My argument is based on a comparison between a type of objection that many people think should be granted, i.e. to abortion, and one that […]
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(Fall 2016) Accommodating Conscientious Objection in Medicine-Private Ideological Convictions Must Not Trump Professional Obligations
By Udo Schuklenk J Clin Ethics. 2016 Fall;27(3):227-232. Abstract: The opinion of the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) on the accommodation of conscientious objectors among medical doctors aims to balance fairly patients’ rights of access to care and accommodating doctors’ deeply held personal beliefs. Like similar documents, it fails. […]
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(Sept 2016) Doctors Have no Right to Refuse Medical Assistance in Dying, Abortion or Contraception
Julian Savulescu and Udo Schuklenk First published: 22 September 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12288 Abstract In an article in this journal, Christopher Cowley argues that we have ‘misunderstood the special nature of medicine, and have misunderstood the motivations of the conscientious objectors’.1 We have not. It is Cowley who has misunderstood the role of personal values in the […]
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(June 2016) Conscientious Objection in Healthcare Provision: A New Dimension
Peter West-Oram and Alena Buyx Bioethics 2016 Jun;30(5):336-43. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12236 Abstract The right to conscientious objection in the provision of healthcare is the subject of a lengthy, heated and controversial debate. Recently, a new dimension was added to this debate by the US Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby et al. which effectively […]