PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Clarke, Steve
TI  - Non-accommodationism and conscientious objection in healthcare: a response to Robinson
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2022-108294
DP  - 2022 Apr 29
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - medethics-2022-108294
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/28/medethics-2022-108294.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/28/medethics-2022-108294.full
AB  - Michael Robinson takes issue with an ‘argument from voluntariness’ made by several opponents of current practices for managing conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare, including Cantor, Stahl and Emanuel, and Schuklenk, whom he characterises as ‘non-accommodationists’. Here I argue that while Robinson is right to oppose the argument from voluntariness, he misunderstands current arrangements for managing CO in healthcare, and he misses the force of the non-accommodationist case against those arrangements. I also argue that despite what he says, Robinson is as much a proponent of reform of the management of CO in healthcare as are his non-accommodationist opponents. Additionally, I raise a concern about Robinson’s preferred approach to managing CO in healthcare.