Policies and Position Statements

REGULATORS

CANADA

 Physicians

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta

• Conscientious Objection (June, 2016)
• Medical Assistance In Dying (June, 2016)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

• Access to Medical Care (June, 2019)
• Medical Assistance in Dying (June, 2019)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba

• Conscience Based Objection (December, 2015)
• Medical Assistance in Dying (June, 2016)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick

• Comment: Moral Objections  (November, 2002)
• Moral Factors and Medical Care (June, 2017)
• Assistance in Dying (December, 2015)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Policy on Physician Assisted Dying (March, 2019)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia

• Transfer of Care (May, 2016)
• Medical Assistance in Dying (December, 2018)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

• Agreement with Dr. Stephen Thomas Dawson (2002)
• Professional Obligations and Human Rights (March, 2015)
  • POHR Advice to the Profession
• Medical Assistance in Dying (June, 2016; updated 2018)
  • MAID Advice to the Profession

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Prince Edward Island

• Conscientious Objection to Provision of Service (November, 2019)
• Medical Assistance in Dying (9 September, 2016)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan

• Conscientious Objection (September, 2015)
• Physician Assisted Dying (November, 2015)

Collège des Médecins du Québec

• Code of Ethics of Physicians (R.S.Q., c. C-26, s. 87)
• Legal, Ethical and Organizational Aspects of Medical Practice in Québec (ALDO Quebec) (February, 2019)
• An Act Respecting End-of-Life Care

Yukon Medical Council

• Moral or Religious Beliefs Affecting Medical Care
• Physician Assisted: Advice to the Profession (November, 2018)

Nurses

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia

• Duty to Provide Care
• Scope of Practice for Registered Nurses (28 July, 2016) (Medical Assistance in Dying)
• Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners (26 July, 2016) (Medical Assistance in Dying)

Pharmacists

College of Pharmacists of British Columbia

• Code of Ethics (June, 2016)

Croatian Chamber of Midwives

• Code of Ethics for Midwives (2010)

United Kingdom

Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom

• The RCN and Abortions

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

International

Confederación Medica Latinoiberoamericana y del Caribe

• Declaració sobre el aborto (Declaration about abortion)

Pharmacists for Life International

• Model Conscience Clause

Canada

Canadian Healthcare Association

• Joint Statement on Preventing and Resolving Ethical Conflicts Involving Health Care Providers and Persons Receiving Care

Canadian Medical Association

• Induced Abortion
• Joint Statement on Preventing and Resolving Ethical Conflicts Involving Health Care Providers and Persons Receiving Care)
• Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (Re: referral)

Canadian Nurses Association

• Joint Statement on Preventing and Resolving Ethical Conflicts Involving Health Care Providers and Persons Receiving Care

Catholic Health Association of British Columbia

• Creating an Ethical Framework in the Workplace

Catholic Health Association of Canada

• Joint Statement on Preventing and Resolving Ethical Conflicts Involving Health Care Providers and Persons Receiving Care

Nurses for Life (Canada)

• Abortion: Protecting Conscientious Objectors

Ireland

• Doctors for Life Statement on Conscientious Objection

United Kingdom

Christian Medical Fellowship (United Kingdom)

• Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatments: Good Practice in Decision Making
• 'Human Bodies, Human Choices - The Law on Human Organs and Tissue in England and Wales
• When may a general practitioner refuse to accept a patient?
• Conscientious objection and referral
• Maintaining trust in the profession / expressing personal beliefs

United States

American Medical Association

• Policy H-295.896 Conscience Clause: Final Report

American Pharmaceutical Association

• Conscience Clause

California Nurses for Ethical Standards

• Conscience rights are under attack

Catholic Health Association of the United States

• Conscience Clause Legislation: A Position Paper

Christian Medical and Dental Associations (USA)

• Health Care Right of Conscience
• Healthcare Education and Christian Faith

Ohio Pharmacists Association

• Conscience Clause

HEALTH CARE ENTITIES & INSTITUTIONS

Canada

Markham-Stouffville Hospital (Ontario)

• Termination of Pregnancy: Religious Exemption (1999)

United States

St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico

• Circumcision Procedure (1995)

UNIVERSITIES

Canada

University of Manitoba

• Faculty of Medicine Policy: Conscience Based Exemptions

COMPANIES

Canada

Calgary Co-operative Association (Alberta)

• Calgary Co-operative Association and Pharmacist Maria Bizecki (2003)

United States

ABC Health Service Agency (Kansas)

• ABC Health Service Agency and Pharmacist Jane Doeroe (2001)