Conscience and conscientious actions in the context of MCOs

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 7 (4):403-411 (1997)
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: Managed care organizations can produce conflicts of obligation and conflicts of interest that may lead to problems of conscience for health care professionals. This paper provides a basis for understanding the notions of conscience and conscientious objection and offers a framework for clinicians to stake out positions grounded in personal conscience as a way for them to respond to unacceptable pressures from managers to limit services

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