Publications by Others
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(Feb 2006) The Priority of Professional Ethics Over Personal Morality
by Rosamond Rhodes Published 02 February 2006 BMJ 2006;332:294 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7536.294 (Response to Julian Savulescu’s article “Conscientious objection in medicine”, 2006) To understand the social role of medicine and its ethics, it is important to recognize that the medical profession is a social artifact created by giving control over a set of knowledge, skills, powers […]
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(2006) Conscientious objection in medicine
by Julian Savulescu BMJ. 2006 Feb 4; 332(7536): 294–297. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7536.294 Short abstract: Deeply held religious beliefs may conflict with some aspects of medical practice. But doctors cannot make moral judgments on behalf of patients Shakespeare wrote that “Conscience is but a word cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe” (Richard […]
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(1993) Futile care. Physicians should not be allowed to refuse to treat. Point.
Robert M. Veatch, and Carol Mason Spicer Health Prog. 1993 Dec;74(10):22-7. Abstract: Eighteen years after the era of Karen Ann Quinlan, the debate over futile care has shifted. Now some patients are asking for treatment that care givers believe to be useless. In virtually all cases of so-called futile care, the real disagreement is not […]