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Why conscience matters : a defence of conscientious objection in healthcare / Xavier Symons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Symons, Xavier, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in applied ethics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refusal to treat--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Refusal to treat.
- Physicians--Professional ethics.
- Physicians.
- Conscience.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 152 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Daniel Sulmasy
- Introduction: Conscience revisited
- Conscience under fire : a critical analysis of the case against conscientious objection in healthcare
- A theory of conscience part I: Conscience and the moral life
- A theory of conscience part II: Virtue, character and conscientious objection in medical practice
- Making space for the exercise of conscience in healthcare
- The permissibility of institutional conscientious objection
- The role of conscience in medical practice and professional life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Symons, Xavier. Why conscience matters
- ISBN:
- 9781003247623
- 1003247628
- 9781000617931
- 1000617939
- Publisher Number:
- 99991496698
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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