{"id":5034,"date":"2014-08-07T00:23:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T07:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2018-03-06T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:36:25","slug":"defend-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5034","title":{"rendered":"Defend Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Catholic Register<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Editorial<\/p>\n<p>Doctors hold a favoured place in society because they are seen as models of compassion and integrity. They are admired as healers and moral leaders, virtuous people, widely respected. If you can\u2019t trust your doctor, who can you trust?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>But there is a legitimate concern that a current undertaking by the Ontario College of Physicians could lead to erosion of that stature. The College is conducting a review of its human-rights-code policy amid some pressure to purge religious freedom and conscience rights from everyday medical practice. First step is an ongoing consulting process that is seeking professional and public input.<\/p>\n<p>Here is <i>The Register\u2019s <\/i>input: leave the current policy alone and do nothing to undermine a doctor\u2019s autonomy to assert their Charter rights of freedom of religion and conscience.\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/columns\/item\/18589-defend-integrity\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Register Editorial Doctors hold a favoured place in society because they are seen as models of compassion and integrity. They are admired as healers and moral leaders, virtuous people, widely respected. If you can\u2019t trust your doctor, who can you trust? But there is a legitimate concern that a current undertaking by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5034\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Defend Integrity&#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":[32,643,4,460,295,511],"tags":[385],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-commentary","category-commentary-religion","category-religious-freedom","category-society-politics","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Defend Integrity - 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=5034\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defend Integrity - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Register Editorial Doctors hold a favoured place in society because they are seen as models of compassion and integrity. 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