TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wicclair,Mark R.
TI  - Conscientious Objection in Health Care: An Ethical Analysis 
SN  - 9780511973727 (ebook)
AV  - R725.5 .W53 2011
U1  - 174.2 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Conscientious objection
KW  - Refusal to treat
KW  - Ethics, Clinical
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - Historically associated with military service, conscientious objection has become a significant phenomenon in health care. Mark Wicclair offers a comprehensive ethical analysis of conscientious objection in three representative health care professions: medicine, nursing and pharmacy. He critically examines two extreme positions: the 'incompatibility thesis', that it is contrary to the professional obligations of practitioners to refuse provision of any service within the scope of their professional competence; and 'conscience absolutism', that they should be exempted from performing any action contrary to their conscience. He argues for a compromise approach that accommodates conscience-based refusals within the limits of specified ethical constraints. He also explores conscientious objection by students in each of the three professions, discusses conscience protection legislation and conscience-based refusals by pharmacies and hospitals, and analyzes several cases. His book is a valuable resource for scholars, professionals, trainees, students, and anyone interested in this increasingly important aspect of health care
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973727
ER  -