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Hughes, JA (2016) Conscientious objection in healthcare: why tribunals might be the answer. Journal of Medical Ethics, 43 (4). pp. 213-217. ISSN 1473-4257
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Abstract
A recent focus of the debate on conscientious objection in healthcare is the question of whether practitioners should have to justify their refusal to perform certain functions. A recent article by Cowley addresses a practical aspect of this controversy, namely the question of whether doctors claiming conscientious objector status in relation to abortion should be required, like their counterparts claiming exemption from military conscription, to defend their claim before a tribunal. Cowley argues against the use of tribunals in the medical case, on the grounds that there are likely to be fewer unjustified claims to conscientious objection in this context than in the military, and that in any case tribunals will not be an effective way of distinguishing genuine and false cases. I reject these arguments and propose a different conception of the role of a medical conscientious objection tribunal.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via BMJ at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2015-102970 Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KD England and Wales R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2016 15:12 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2018 11:36 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/1445 |