Doctors' and nurses' right to refuse to participate in abortions

Surely nurses are right to challenge doctors.

I and some of my fellow students were astonished at the letter about the consequences of not following a consultant's instructions (letters June 4).

Ethical Considerations in Respecting Patient's Autonomy and Right to Refuse Treatment: A case Report

One of the most challenging aspects of treatment is when patient seriously refuses the desired by treating physician. On the other hand, refusing treatment is a condition of the patient's right to be aware, but does such a right also imposes a moral obligation on the treating physician or not? This study discusses the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosis disease. This article attempts to p...

The right to refuse treatment.

Doctors Have no Right to Refuse Medical Assistance in Dying, Abortion or Contraception

In an article in this journal, Christopher Cowley argues that we have 'misunderstood the special nature of medicine, and have misunderstood the motivations of the conscientious objectors'. We have not. It is Cowley who has misunderstood the role of personal values in the profession of medicine. We argue that there should be better protections for patients from doctors' personal values and there...

The constitutional right to refuse antipsychotic medications.