Physician Refusal of Care: A Protection of Conscience or a Step Towards Conditional Healthcare?
What do physicians owe to their patients? For years, scholars have debated the use of conscientious objections in healthcare, which allow physicians to refuse to participate in services they morally oppose. Recently, medical professionals have cited new legislation protecting these objections, to back their refusals to patient identities, rather than to certain treatments or procedures. This paper will dissect how conscientious objections are, and should be, used in medical settings,...