Health Care Providers' Religious Objections to Medical Treatment : Legal Issues Related to Religious Discrimination in Employment and Conscience Clause Provisions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Discrimination in employment.

Health facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Health Care Providers' Religious Objections to Medical Treatment

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Restricted for use by site license.