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UNINA9910457291403321 |
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Autore |
Wicclair Mark R. |
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Titolo |
Conscientious objection in health care : an ethical analysis / / Mark R. Wicclair [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-139-09728-8 |
1-107-21568-4 |
1-283-30693-X |
9786613306937 |
1-139-10308-3 |
0-511-97372-1 |
1-139-10062-9 |
1-139-10128-5 |
1-139-09859-4 |
1-139-09926-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical ethics |
Conscientious objection |
Refusal to treat |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Three approaches to conscientious objection in health care: conscience absolutism, the incompatibility thesis, and compromise; 3. Ethical limitations on the exercise of conscience; 4. Pharmacies, health care institutions, and conscientious objection; 5. Students, residents, and conscience-based exemptions; 6. Conscience clauses: too little and too much protection; References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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