Does medical education make physicians susceptible to participating in
torture? (2013)
(2013)
Craig Klugman
| . . . Medical education does not provide courses in moral courage,
defying authority, or turning against the tide of one’s peers. In fact,
medical education encourages group think, keeping your head down and
knowing your place in the hierarchy, and seeking out the approval of your peers . . .
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Pharmacists with a Conscience Need Not Apply Canada: May, 2005)
Cristina Alarcon
| . . . Freedom of conscience and religion is a basic human
right and is a necessary attribute of what it means to be truly human. Yet
pharmacists are increasingly being pressured to leave their spirituality at
the door, to live incoherent double lives, all for the sake of so-called
patient autonomy, an autonomy which in my view is not under threat when the
patient is free to walk down the street to the next provider. . .
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The Situation in Switzerland in General and a Casuistic Report (Switzerland:
2001)
Rudolf Ehmann | . . .Already, the Swiss constitution clearly defines the
right of freedom of conscience. In real life this right is not respected, as
there are always reasons for the refusal of a candidate. . . Even if a
colleague will obtain an opportunity to study, obstacles will be placed in
the path of his training. . .
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Changes in the Practice of Obstetrics & Gynaecology:
25 Years of Practice (USA: 2001)
Thomas W. Hilgers | . . .The introduction of
contraception, sterilization, abortion and the
artificial reproductive technologies has
dramatically changed the practice of obstetrics and
gynaecology . . .This evolution has impacted the
physicians who have practiced in this field . . .
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The Particular Witness of a Catholic Obstetrician and Gynaecologist: A
Sign of Contradiction in the Culture of Death (2001)
Dr. Nicholas Tonti-Filippini
| . . .In this paper I address some particular areas of O&G practice in which in
being informed by a Catholic perspective on respect for human dignity in
sexual and reproductive health, we are led to seek out better solutions to
problems affecting women's health. That is to say, a Catholic O&G develops
better, less interventionist, more woman and child friendly solutions and
these constitute a more constructive approach to O&G practice. . .
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Conscientious Objection on the Socio-Political Background of Ethical
Relativism (Switzerland: 2001)
Nikolaus Zwicky-Aeberhard
| As we all know very well it becomes increasingly difficult for a
junior doctor to get an appropriate postgraduate training in
obstetrics and gynaecology if he refuses to assist to or perform
abortions and almost impossible if he refuses to participate in
contraceptive measures, in vitro fertilisation IVF ( and similar
reproductive procedures) and sterilisation. . .
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The Fundamental Human Right to Practise and be Trained According to
Conscience
Mons. Tarcisio Bertone, SDB
| . . .When there is a conflict
between the moral norm and the law, i.e. between natural law and positive
law, the only instrument to overcome the dilemma or the clash is
conscientious objection. Conscientious objection represents a founded and
legitimate dissent in relation to the constituted order, due to its
dissonance towards a higher law. . .
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Religious discrimination in the selection of medical students:
a case
study (USA: 1996)
Abstract | . . . only applicants
opposed to [abortion or sterilization] were subjected to special
questioning concerning them. The school claimed that applicants
were queried about their only to evaluate a capacity to identify
relevant issues, but it is clear that the interviewers' personal
biases concerning abortion and sterilization influenced their
rating of the candidates. . .
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The Training of Obstetricians: a Resident's View
Susanne van der Velden & Almut Hefter | To sum things up: difficulties exist in every
country and at different levels: within the professional body, political
reasons or on a personal level. So far we have been able to practice
according to our conscience most of the times and received good medical
training despite our objections. However, we had to make compromises - or at
least we felt that we had to do them - in some areas for practical reasons .
. .
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