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A Medical Crisis of Conscience: Faith Drives Some To Refuse Patients Medication or Care

Date: July 16, 2006

Author: Rob Stein

QUOTE: Around the United States, health workers and patients are...sparking...bitter debate over religious freedom vs. patients' rights..."What constitutes an ethical right of conscience in medicine, and what are the limits?"

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Key People:

• Prof. Kenneth "Ken" Kipnis
• Prof. Loren Lomasky

Key Organizations:

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA)
• Hastings Center
• National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
• President's Council on Bioethics
• US Federal Government: Congress (Legislative Branch)
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Health & Medicine
  • Doctors
  • Drugs: Prescription/Non-Prescription
  • Health Care Business
    • Clinics / Outpatient centers
  • Medical Ethics
  • Nurses / Health Care Workers
  • Patient Rights

• Philosophy & Religion
  • Religion: General
    • Christian
    • Religious Extremism
    • Religious Freedom / Separation Church and State

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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