<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with conscientious objection in health care, addressing the problems of scope, verification and limitation of such refusal, paying attention to ideological agendas hidden behind the right of conscience where the claimed refusal can cause harm or where such a claim is an attempt to impose certain moral values on society or an excuse for not providing health care. The nature of conscientious objection will be investigated and an ethical analysis of conscientious objection will be conducted. Finally some suggestions for health care policy will be proposed.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with conscientious objection in health care, addressing the problems of scope, verification and limitation of such refusal, paying attention to ideological agendas hidden behind the right of conscience where the claimed refusal can cause harm or where such a claim is an attempt to impose certain moral values on society or an excuse for not providing health care. The nature of conscientious objection will be investigated and an ethical analysis of conscientious objection will be conducted. Finally some suggestions for health care policy will be proposed.

Conscientious objection in health care

Ethics & Bioethics

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The paper deals with conscientious objection in health care, addressing the problems of scope, verification and limitation of such refusal, paying attention to...

Conscientious objection in health care

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 173 - 180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0018

Keywords
bioethics, conscience, health care, objection, reservation, right

© 2016 Josef Kuře, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Conscientious objection in health care

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 173 - 180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0018

Keywordsbioethics, conscience, health care, objection, reservation, right

© 2016 Josef Kuře, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
bioethics, conscience, health care, objection, reservation, right