Conscience Clause Poll
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posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 2:08 PM
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This Blog considers assisted suicide/euthanasia, bioethics, human cloning, biotechnology, radical environmentalism, and the dangers of animal rights/liberation. My views expressed here, as in my books and other writings, reflect my understanding that the philosophy of human exceptionalism is the bedrock of universal human rights. Or, to put it another way: human life matters. (The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of any organization with which I am affiliated.)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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Thanks for making the poll distinguish between TYPES of medical care: life-sustaining vs. elective.
I think a doctor has a right and an obligation to refuse certain procedures. Whether it be taking a human life to sterilizations to plastic surgery- as long as the patients right to life isn't compromised, doctors should be able to say no.
Nota Bene: "Health" is subjective and flimsily defined. People require all sorts of things for supposed health reasons, so if it's not a bonafide emergency, then "health" could present all sorts of problems. So perhaps that last question should say "procedure not required to save the life of the patient or prevent immediate irreparable harm"...then again, immediate is subjective too.
I'll never understand why a person would want a doctor who is opposed to an operation to perform the operation. The only goal I can see is to intentionally put the doctor in such a position so as to force him to compromise his morals or get his medical license revoked. Harm the doctor or harm all of the doctor's patients.
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