Conscientious objection in medicine / Mark Wicclair.
2024
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Author
Wicclair, Mark R., author.
Title
Conscientious objection in medicine / Mark Wicclair.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Description
1 online resource (unpaged).
Series
Cambridge elements. Elements in bioethics and neuroethics.
Formatted Contents Note
What is conscientious objection?
Should conscientious objectors be accommodated?
Assessing objectors' beliefs and reasons
Accommodation and conscientious provision.
Should conscientious objectors be accommodated?
Assessing objectors' beliefs and reasons
Accommodation and conscientious provision.
Summary
The Element examines ethical and conceptual issues about conscientious objection in medicine. Concepts analyzed include conscientious objection, conscientious provision, conscience, moral complicity, and moral integrity. Several ongoing ethical controversies are identified and critically analyzed. One is a disagreement about whether conscientious objection is compatible with physicians' professional obligations. The Element argues that incompatibilists fail to offer a justifiable specification of professional obligations that supports their position. The Element also argues that a challenge for compatibilists who support a reason-giving requirement is to specify justifiable and unambiguous criteria for reviewing objectors' reasons. Arguments for and against requirements to inform and refer patients are critically analyzed, and an alternative, context-dependent requirement is offered. Another subject of controversy is about the justifiability of asymmetry between responses to conscientious objectors and conscientious providers. Typically, only the former receive accommodation. The Element critically examines arguments for asymmetry and maintains that none provides a convincing justi.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2024).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Wicclair, Mark R. Conscientious objection in medicine Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024
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Alternate Title
Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9781009076081 electronic book
1009076086 electronic book
9781009074797 paperback
9781009533584 hardcover
1009076086 electronic book
9781009074797 paperback
9781009533584 hardcover
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