A Defence of Conscientious Objection in Medicine: A Reply to Schuklenk and Savulescu

In a recent (2015) Bioethics editorial, Udo Schuklenk argues against allowing Canadian doctors to conscientiously object to any new euthanasia procedures approved by Parliament. In this he follows Julian Savulescu's 2006 BMJ paper which argued for the removal of the conscientious objection clau...

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Main Author: Cowley, Christopher 1967- (Author)
Contributors: Schüklenk, Udo (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 30, Issue: 5, Pages: 358-364
IxTheo Classification:KBF British Isles
KBQ North America
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B physician-assisted suicide
B Conscientious Objection
B Abortion
B Euthanasia
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