BOOKS

2014

Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (2nd Ed.)
Pamela J. Grace.  Burlington, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2014

2012

Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses 
Elizabeth Johnston Taylor.  New York: Springer Publishing, 2012

Ethical Problems in Emergency Medicine: A Discussion-Based Review
Peter Rosen, James Adams, Arthur R. Derse, Shamai A. Grossman, Richard Wolfe (eds).

Clinical Skills for Pharmacists (3rd Ed.) 
Karen J. Tietze.  St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2012

2011

Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice (2nd. Ed.)
Dean R. Hess, Neil R. MacIntyre, Shelley C. Mishoe, William F. Galvin.  Mississauga, Ontario: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012

Conscientious Objection in Health Care: An Ethical Analysis 
Mark R. Wicclair, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Vaccines and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction
Paul A. Offit and Charlotte A. Moser.  New York: Columbia University Press, 2011

Canadian Health Law and Policy (4th ed.)
Jocelyn Downie, Timothy Caufield, Colleen M. Flood (Eds.)
Canada: LexisNexis, 2011 (In Chapter 7: Nelson, E. "Regulating Reproduction.")

2010

Bioethics, Law, and Human Life Issues: A Catholic Perspective on Marriage, Family, Contraception, Abortion, Reproductive Technology, and Death and Dying
D. Brian Scarnecchia,  Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2010

Clinical Ethics Consultation: Theories and Methods, Implementation, Evaluation.
Jan Schildmann, John-Stewart Gordon, and Jochen Vollman (Eds.) Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2010

Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics. 
Nicanor Pier Giorgio Ostriaco, O.P., Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2010

2009

Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Canadian Medical-Surgical Nursing. 
Day, Rene A , Paul, Pauline , Williams, Beverly,  LLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009

Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective.  
Megan-Jane Johnstone, Australia: Elsevier, 2009

2008

Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care: An Institutional Compromise
Holly Fernandez-Lynch.  Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press 2008.

2006

Just Medicare: what's in, what's out, how we decide.
(Sanda Rogers "Abortion Denied: Bearing the Limits of Law") 
M. Colleen Flood (Ed.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006 ISBN 9780802080028

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PERIODICALS

CQ Researcher

• Clemmitt, Marica, Birth Control Debate: Should Americans have easier access to contraception?  Vol. 15 No. 24, June, 2005  (Accessed 2013-01-17)

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PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

Ethics Journals

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

• Anderson, Richard M. , Bishop, Laura Jane, Darragh, Martina , Gray, Harriet, Nolen, Anita, and Poland, Susan Cartier.  Pharmacists and Conscientious Objection (Scope Note 46, 2006) Volume 16, Number 4, December 2006, pp. 379-396.  (Accessed 2013-01-17)

Medical Journals

Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology

•  Croxatto HB, Fernández SD. Emergency contraception - a human rights issue. 2006 Jun;20(3):311-22. Epub 2006 Feb 9.

Journal of Clinical Ethics

• Pope, Thaddeus Mason, Legal Briefing: Conscience Clauses and Conscientious Refusal.  Vol. 21, no. 2 (Summer 2010): 163-80.

Journal of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Gordon M., Medical Professionalism and Conscientious Objection: Are the Two Compatible? JR College Physicians Edinb 2004; 34: 296-300

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing

• Marek, M. J.,  Nurses' Attitudes Toward Pregnancy Termination in the Labor and Delivery Setting.Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 33: 472-479. doi: 10.1177/0884217504266912. (2004)

Linacre Quarterly

• Wardle, Lynn D. , Five Reasons Why Rights of Conscience Must Be Respected.  72:1 (May, 2005)158-163

Studies in Family Planning

• WynnL. L., Joanna N. Erdman, Angel M. Foster and James Trussell. Harm Reduction or Women's Rights? Debating Access to Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Canada and the United States. Vol. 38, No. 4, Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health (Dec., 2007), pp. 253-267

Legal Journals

Employee Relations Law Journal

• Von Bergen, C.W., Conscience in the Workplace. Vol. 35, No. 1, Summer, 2009
  

Issues in Law and Medicine

• Spreng, Jennifer E. J.D. Pharmacists and the "Duty" To Dispense Emergency Contraceptives. 23 Issues L. & Med. 215 (Spring, 2008)
  

Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal

• Smith ES.  Reproductive justice begins with contraceptive access in the Philippines.  Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 23 No. 1 (January, 2014)

Other

Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business

• Von Bergen, C. W. and Martin S. Bressler.  A matter of conscience: do conflicting beliefs and workplace demands constitute religious discrimination?

New International Studies in Applied Ethics

• Mealey, Anne Marie, "The Bioethical Conscience."  In Vol. 1, R. John Elford and D. Gareth Jones (eds.) A Tangled Web: Medicine and Theology in Dialogue.  Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2009, p. 73-85

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PROFESSIONAL REGULATORS

College of Nurses of Ontario

• Practice Guideline: Refusing Assignments and Discontinuing Nursing Services (June,2009)(Accessed 2013-03-23)

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Medical Association

• Grady, Allison, Legal Protection for Conscientious Objection by Health Professionals
  American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
  Virtual Mentor, May, 2006. Vol. 8, No. 5: 327-331  Accessed 2013-01-17

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Non-Governmental Organizations

European Centre for Law and Justice

• Memorandum on the PACE Report, Doc. 12347, 20 July 2010 "Women's Access to Lawful Medical Care: The Problem of Unregulated Use of Conscientious Objection" (17 September, 2010)

Network of European Foundations Initiative on Religion and Democracy in Europe

• Dimitrima Petrova, Jarlath Clifford, Religion and Healthcare in the European Union.  2009 (Accessed 2013-01-18)

E.U. Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights

• Opinion No. 4-2005: The Right to Conscientious Objection and the Conclusion by EU Member States of Concordats with the Holy See (14 December, 2005) (Accessed 2013-01-18)

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COURT BRIEFS

Supreme Court of the United States

• United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners, v. State of Florida, et al, Respondents: Intervention by the Amercian College of Pediatricians, Christian Medical & Dental Associations, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Catholic Medical Association, Physicians for Life, National Association of Pro-life Nurses and Medical Students for Life of America in support of Respondents and affirmance on the indivual mandate issue (Accessed 2014-11-08)

Supreme Court of Canada

• In the Supreme Court of Canada (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of British Columbia) between Lee Carter, Hollis Johnson, Dr. William Schoichet, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Gloria Taylor, Appellants (Respondents/Cross-Appellants) and Attorney General of Canada, Respondent (Appellant/Cross-Respondent) and Attorney General of British Columbia, Respondent (Appellant): Intervention by the Catholic Civil Rights League, Faith and Freedom Alliance, Protection of Conscience Project

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POLITICAL PARTIES

Philippines

Ang Kapatiran Party

• A Position Paper on the Reproductive Health Bills  May, 2011 (Revision 07) (Accessed 2013-01-17)

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UNIVERSITIES

Resources

Brescia University College

• Religious Studies 257G, Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics. Spring Term, 2008

University of Toronto
Faculty of Law

•  Cook, R.J., National and International Approaches to Reproductive and Sexual Health Law:2005-2006 Supplement.

Reviews

Alabama University Law Review

• Colombo, Ronald J.  Cooperation with Securities Fraud.  Alabama University Law Review, Vol. 61, 2009.

American University Law Review

• Dvual, Melissa, Pharmacy Conscience Clause Statutes: Constitutional Religious "Accommodations" or Unconstitutional "Substantial Burdens" on Women?"
  American University Law Review, Vol. 55:1485] 2006

North West Missouri State University

• Regional Business Review
  • Von Bergen, C.W. Conscience at Work. Regional Business Review Vol. 28 May, 2009, 188-202

University of Alberta

• Health Law Review
  •  Aar, Abdallah S. and Lorraine Sheremeta, The Science of Stem Cells: Some Implications for Law and Policy.  Health Law Review, Vol. 11 No. 1

University of Southern California

• South California Review of Law and Social Justice
  • Courtney Miller, "Note: Reflections on Protecting Conscience for Health Care Providers: A Call for More Inclusive Statutory Protection in Light of Constitutional Considerations." Spring, 2006 15 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Social Justice 327

University of St. Thomas

• Nelson, Jessica J., Freedom of Choice for Everyone: The Need for Conscience Clause Legislation for Pharmacists. 3 U. St. Thomas L. J. 139 (2005-2006)
  

Yale University

• Yale Journal of Health Policy & Ethics
  • Swartz, Martha S., Conscience Clauses or Unconscionable Clauses: Personal Beliefs versus Professional Responsibilities;  6 Yale J. Health Pol'y L. & Ethics 269 (2006)

Theses

Central European University

• Slovinska S.  Comparative legal analysis of conscientious objections in health care.  LL.M. Short Thesis.  Course: Patient's Rights in the Twenty First Century.  Professor: Judit Marcella Sándor.  Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. 29 March, 2010

Carleton University

• Tamara Kotar T.  Political Liberalization in Post-Communist States: A Comparative Analysis of Church-State Relations in Croatia and Slovenia.  Thesis submitted to
  the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy.  Dept. of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (2008)

McGill University

• Preston J.  Religiously Discordant, Legally Consistent, and Ethically Ambiguous: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s Approach to Conscientious Objection.  A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts. (2010)

CONFERENCES

University Faculty for Life

• Brown, Grattan T., "Institutional Conscience and Catholic Health Care." In Koterski, Joseph W. (ed) Life and learning XVI : Proceedings of the Sixteenth University Faculty for Life

Forum on Public Policy

• Laabs, Carolyn A. (Assistant Professor, Marquette University) Nurses and Conundrums of Conscience (Accessed 2013-03-23)