This page lists writings by Joyce Arthur and/or Christian Fiala (Our Publications).
It also lists those of colleagues who agree that belief-based care denial is incompatible with medical professionalism and ethics (Publications by Others).
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(May 2014) Why We Need to Ban ‘Conscientious Objection’ in Reproductive Healthcare
Joyce Arthur and Christian Fiala. Rewire. May 14, 2014. Rewire.news Synopsis: A criticism of the global consensus by secular medical and health organizations and human rights bodies that “conscientious objection” is a legitimate right of physicians. All such groups that accept CO simply assume without question that healthcare providers have a right to CO, while […]
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(Aug 2013) Conscientious objection and induced abortion in Europe
Heino A, Gissler M, Apter D, Fiala C. Eur J Contracept Reprod Healthcare. 2013 Aug;18(4):231-3. doi: 10.3109/13625187.2013.819848. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Abstract: The issue of conscientious objection (CO) arises in healthcare when doctors and nurses refuse to have any involvement in the provision of treatment of certain patients due to their religious or moral beliefs. Most commonly CO […]
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(July 2012) Annotation of Prof. Carlo Flamigni, in “Conscientious Objection and Bioethics”
Annotation of Prof. Carlo Flamigni, in “Conscientious Objection and Bioethics, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Comitato Nazionale per la Bioetica (CNB). Translated from “Obiezione di Conscienza e Bioeteca,” Pesidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri. 12 July 2012 This Italian report from the National Committee of Bioethics declares “conscientious objection” in healthcare to be an […]
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(2010) Emergency Contraception and Conscientious Objection
J. Paul Kelleher Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol 27, No. 3, 2010. Abstract Emergency contraception — also known as the morning after pill — is marketed and sold, under various brand names, in over one hundred countries around the world. In some countries, customers can purchase the drug without a prescription. In others, a prescription […]
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(Nov 2009) Denial of Abortion Care Information, Referrals, and Services Undermines Quality Care for U.S. Women
Tracy A. Weitz and Susan Berke Fogel 9 November 2009 Women’s Health Issues 20 (2010) 7–11 On September 9, 2009, President Barack Obama spoke before a joint session of Congress on the imminent need for health care reform. In his speech, he addressed the contested social issue of abortion in two ways: by reaffirming the […]
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(2009) Conscious Oppression: Conscientious Objection in the Sphere of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Marcelo Alegre SELA (Seminario en Latinoamérica de Teoría Constitucional y Política) Papers. Paper 65. 2009. Abstract Although for centuries conscientious objection was primarily claimed by those who for religious or ethical reasons refused to join the ranks of the military (whether out of a general principle or in response to a particular violent conflict), in […]
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(Feb 2009) The Personal is Political, the Professional is Not: Conscientious Objection to Obtaining/Providing/Acting On Genetic Information
by Joel Frader and Charles L. Bosk 15 February 2009 Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet, 151C(1): 62–67, doi:10.1002/ajmg.c.30200 Abstract: Conscientious objection (CO) to genetic testing raises serious questions about what it means to be a health care professional (HCP). Most of the discussion about CO has focused on the logic of moral […]
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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 […]