Health Care Providers' Religious Objections to Medical Treatment : Legal Issues Related to Religious Discrimination in Employment and Conscience Clause Provisions.
Discusses situations in which religious objections may be raised by health care employees, and examines legal protections for individuals with religious and moral objections to their employment duties offered by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2009.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Discusses situations in which religious objections may be raised by health care employees, and examines legal protections for individuals with religious and moral objections to their employment duties offered by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Federal conscience clauses. Analyzes protections and how they may affect health care providers who have religious objections to medical procedures. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |