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CONSCIENCE RIGHT [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Sociology of Medicine
CONT

Conscience protections or conscience rights apply to health care providers like doctors and nurses who refuse to perform certain health care services on religious or moral grounds. They're usually invoked in relation to issues like contraception, medically assisted dying, abortion or trans health care.

OBS

conscience protection; conscience right: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • conscience protections
  • conscience rights

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Sociologie de la médecine
OBS

droit de conscience; protection de conscience : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • droits de conscience
  • protections de conscience

Spanish

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