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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454159903321

Autore

Lynch Holly Fernandez

Titolo

Conflicts of conscience in health care [[electronic resource] ] : an institutional compromise / / by Holly Fernandez Lynch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-27872-3

1-4356-8144-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 345 p.) : ill

Collana

Basic bioethics

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Refusal to treat - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Physician and patient - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Physicians - Professional ethics - United States

Medical laws and legislation - United States

Conscience - United States

Medical ethics - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Holly Fernandez Lynch presents a balanced proposal that protects both a patient's access to care and a physician's ability to refuse to provide certain services for reasons of conscience.