Objeción de conciencia en la práctica médica

Medical practice implies the controversial encounter of diverse circumstances in which eventual conflicts between physicians and patients values as well as between physicians values and legal or institutional rules arise. When dealing with these situations, physicians have the right to refuse acting...

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Autores principales: Beca I,Juan Pablo, Astete A,Carmen
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720150004000112015-10-19Objeción de conciencia en la práctica médicaBeca I,Juan PabloAstete A,Carmen Abortion legal Bioethics Conscientious objection Jurisprudence Policy response Medical practice implies the controversial encounter of diverse circumstances in which eventual conflicts between physicians and patients values as well as between physicians values and legal or institutional rules arise. When dealing with these situations, physicians have the right to refuse acting against their moral conscience. This conscientious objection, accepted as a personal right and recognized by several legislations and medical ethics codes, is valid only if it has been reasonably justified and declared in advance. Conversely, it would be invalid if it is based upon convenience or understood as a collective refusal, which may be a form of civil disobedience. Conscientious objection in medicine is considered a limited right even though patients ought to be respected in their demands for legally accepted treatments or interventions. On the other hand, personal conscientious objection is different from the prerogative of institutions to establish their own regulations according to their institutional ideology or ethics codes. However, public hospitals have to offer all treatments or interventions legally allowed, since the state has the obligation to guarantee all citizens an appropriate access to them.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.143 n.4 20152015-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872015000400011es10.4067/S0034-98872015000400011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Abortion
legal
Bioethics
Conscientious objection
Jurisprudence
Policy response
spellingShingle Abortion
legal
Bioethics
Conscientious objection
Jurisprudence
Policy response
Beca I,Juan Pablo
Astete A,Carmen
Objeción de conciencia en la práctica médica
description Medical practice implies the controversial encounter of diverse circumstances in which eventual conflicts between physicians and patients values as well as between physicians values and legal or institutional rules arise. When dealing with these situations, physicians have the right to refuse acting against their moral conscience. This conscientious objection, accepted as a personal right and recognized by several legislations and medical ethics codes, is valid only if it has been reasonably justified and declared in advance. Conversely, it would be invalid if it is based upon convenience or understood as a collective refusal, which may be a form of civil disobedience. Conscientious objection in medicine is considered a limited right even though patients ought to be respected in their demands for legally accepted treatments or interventions. On the other hand, personal conscientious objection is different from the prerogative of institutions to establish their own regulations according to their institutional ideology or ethics codes. However, public hospitals have to offer all treatments or interventions legally allowed, since the state has the obligation to guarantee all citizens an appropriate access to them.
author Beca I,Juan Pablo
Astete A,Carmen
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