Refusing to Treat Sexual Dysfunction in Sex Offenders

This article examines one kind of conscientious refusal: the refusal of healthcare professionals to treat sexual dysfunction in individuals with a history of sexual offending. According to what I call the orthodoxy, such refusal is invariably impermissible, whereas at least one other kind of conscie...

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Published in:Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Main Author: Douglas, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2017
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Further subjects:B agent-relativity
B Discrimination
B sexual dysfunction
B conscientious refusal
B Complicity
B Conscientious Objection
B indirect discrimination
B statistical discrimination
B treatment refusal
B testosterone therapy
B SEX offenders
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Summary:This article examines one kind of conscientious refusal: the refusal of healthcare professionals to treat sexual dysfunction in individuals with a history of sexual offending. According to what I call the orthodoxy, such refusal is invariably impermissible, whereas at least one other kind of conscientious refusal—refusal to offer abortion services—is not. I seek to put pressure on the orthodoxy by (1) motivating the view that either both kinds of conscientious refusal are permissible or neither is, and (2) critiquing two attempts to buttress it.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180116000712