Rethinking conscientious objection in health care /
"The book provides an argument against a right to conscientious objection by healthcare professionals. In increasingly multicultural societies inspired by pluralism, and given the range of controversial medical procedures that are or will be legal in many countries, claims about healthcare prof...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The book provides an argument against a right to conscientious objection by healthcare professionals. In increasingly multicultural societies inspired by pluralism, and given the range of controversial medical procedures that are or will be legal in many countries, claims about healthcare professionals' right to abide by their own moral or religious views in the exercise of their profession become more frequent. This book explains why arguments for pluralism, tolerance, and diversity that support a right to freedom of conscience in society at large do not support the same right within the healthcare profession, or indeed any profession governed by internal norms of professionalism that someone freely decides to enter"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (unpaged). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780197786567 0197786561 9780197786550 0197786553 9780197786543 0197786545 |