Defending the Hippocratic Oath: The Importance of Conscience in Health Care

Bioethics Research Notes 22 (3):37 (2010)
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Smith, Wesley J The growth in policies that force healthcare workers to participate in activities that are deemed both immoral and unprofessional as against the sanctity of human life has given rise to the need for bringing about conscience in health care. The need for fashioning proper conscience clauses and challenges faced in its implementation are highlighted.

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