Conscientious refusals to refer: findings from a national physician survey
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Conscientious refusals to refer: findings from a national physician survey.
BACKGROUND Regarding controversial medical services, many have argued that if physicians cannot in good conscience provide a legal medical intervention for which a patient is a candidate, they should refer the requesting patient to an accommodating provider. This study examines what US physicians think a doctor is obligated to do when the doctor thinks it would be immoral to provide a referral....
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.041194