Doctors Have no Right to Refuse Medical Assistance in Dying, Abortion or Contraception

In an article in this journal, Christopher Cowley argues that we have ‘misunderstood the special nature of medicine, and have misunderstood the motivations of the conscientious objectors’. We have not. It is Cowley who has misunderstood the role of personal values in the profession of medicine. We a...

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Published in:	Bioethics Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 162 - 170
Main Authors:	Savulescu, Julian, Schuklenk, Udo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2017 John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects:	Abortion Abortion, Induced - ethics Abortions Assisted suicide autonomy Bioethics Birth control Candidates Conscience Conscientious objectors Contraception Contraception - ethics Death & dying Euthanasia Female General practice Health services Humans interests justice law Medical Assistance Medical ethics Medical personnel Medicine Original Patients Physicians Physicians - ethics Practitioner patient relationship Pregnancy professionalism Refusal to Treat - ethics Responsibilities Social services delivery Solid wastes Values autonomy professionalism euthanasia justice law interests
ISSN:	0269-9702, 1467-8519
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