{"id":2320,"date":"2013-02-11T02:27:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T10:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:16:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:16:07","slug":"when-conscience-and-duty-conflict-a-health-care-providers-moral-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"When Conscience and Duty Conflict: A Health Care Provider\u2019s Moral Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Verdict<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author\">David S. Kemp<\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, physicians and other health care providers have coincident legal and ethical duties to perform their professional job functions. An emergency room physician\u2019s obligation to treat patients admitted to the ER derives both from law and from ethics. A nurse\u2019s duty to prepare a patient for surgery likewise comes from both sources. In some instances, however, a provider\u2019s own personal beliefs may mandate one behavior while law and duty require another.<\/p>\n<p>The most salient and most commonly discussed example in this context is that of abortion, and with regard to that procedure, the law is relatively clear: Providers who are morally opposed to abortions or sterilization may legally refuse to participate in those procedures. Similarly, in states that allow physician-assisted suicide, physicians who have moral objections to the practice are not legally obligated to engage in it simply because a patient requests it. In these cases, the law protects the provider\u2019s right of conscience. . . <a href=\"http:\/\/verdict.justia.com\/2013\/02\/11\/when-conscience-and-duty-conflict\" target=\"_blank\">Read More . . .<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verdict David S. Kemp Most of the time, physicians and other health care providers have coincident legal and ethical duties to perform their professional job functions. An emergency room physician\u2019s obligation to treat patients admitted to the ER derives both from law and from ethics. A nurse\u2019s duty to prepare a patient for surgery likewise &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2320\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When Conscience and Duty Conflict: A Health Care Provider\u2019s Moral Dilemma&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[261,566],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-commentary","category-usa","tag-nurses","tag-physicians"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>When Conscience and Duty Conflict: A Health Care Provider\u2019s Moral Dilemma - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2320\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Conscience and Duty Conflict: A Health Care Provider\u2019s Moral Dilemma - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Verdict David S. 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