Was trying to look up an article on the BMJ that my Dad sent me, but aparently you need to be a subscriber to view it. The address is http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7536/294 If you want to spend $4 reading it. It is about conscientious objection in medicine, namely all the god bothering phramacists and doctors who refuse to prescribe things/ do medical practices that are contrary to their superstitions. The general gist of the article is that it is fine to object to doing something, as long as the person who wants the drug/proceedure/whatever is not inconvenienced at all, and the service/product is freely available elsewhere. If it is not, or if it would seriously unfairly inconvenience them, then yu have no right to object. If your conscience will absolutely not allow you to prescribe drugs/perform medical proceedures that the law says are fine, then you should find another line of work, because your refusal constitutes gross medical negligence.
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http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7536/294
If you want to spend $4 reading it. It is about conscientious objection in medicine, namely all the god bothering phramacists and doctors who refuse to prescribe things/ do medical practices that are contrary to their superstitions. The general gist of the article is that it is fine to object to doing something, as long as the person who wants the drug/proceedure/whatever is not inconvenienced at all, and the service/product is freely available elsewhere. If it is not, or if it would seriously unfairly inconvenience them, then yu have no right to object. If your conscience will absolutely not allow you to prescribe drugs/perform medical proceedures that the law says are fine, then you should find another line of work, because your refusal constitutes gross medical negligence.