RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Response to: ‘Why medical professionals have no moral claim to conscientious objection accommodation in liberal democracies’ by Schuklenk and Smalling
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 248
OP 249
DO 10.1136/medethics-2016-103670
VO 43
IS 4
A1 Shimon M Glick
A1 Alan Jotkowitz
YR 2017
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/43/4/248.abstract
AB The recent essay by Schuklenk and Smalling opposing respect for physicians’ conscientious objections to providing patients with medical services that are legally permitted in liberal democracies is based on several erroneous assumptions. Acting in this manner would have serious harmful effects on the ethos of medicine and of bioethics. A much more nuanced and balanced position is critical in order to respect physicians’ conscience with minimal damage to patients’ rights.