Would accommodating some conscientious objections by physicians promote quality in medical care?

JAMA. 2011 May 4;305(17):1804-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.575.

Authors

Douglas B White¹, Baruch Brody

Affiliation

¹ Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace St, Scaife Hall, Room 608, HPU010604, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. whitedb@upmc.edu

PMID: 21540425
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.575

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced
Conscience*
Deep Sedation / ethics
Humans
Palliative Care / ethics
Physician-Patient Relations*
Physicians / ethics
Physicians / standards*
Quality of Health Care*
Refusal to Treat / ethics*
Social Conditions
Suicide, Assisted / ethics