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Conscience in reproductive health care : prioritizing patient interests / Carolyn McLeod.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLeod, Carolyn, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human reproductive technology.
- Contraception--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Contraception.
- Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Abortion.
- Reproductive Techniques--ethics.
- Refusal to Treat--ethics.
- Abortion, Induced--ethics.
- Health Priorities--ethics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Reproductive Techniques--ethics.
- Refusal to Treat--ethics.
- Abortion, Induced--ethics.
- Health Priorities--ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Prioritizing patient interests
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- There is a growing trend worldwide of health care professionals conscientiously refusing to provide abortions and similar reproductive health services in countries where these services are legal and professionally accepted. Carolyn McLeod responds to this problem by arguing that conscientious objectors in health care should have to prioritize the interests of patients in receiving care over their own interest in acting on their conscience. She defends this "prioritizing approach" to conscientious objection over the more popular "compromise approach" in bioethics. All the while, she is careful not to downplay the importance of health care professionals having a conscience or the moral complexity of their conscientious refusals.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. What's at Stake. The Value of Conscience
- Harm or Mere Inconvenience?
- Damage to Trust
- Part II. Regulating Conscientious Refusals. Why Not Compromise?
- Fidelity to Patients
- Fidelity to Purposes
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-179702-2
- 0-19-104726-0
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