The Celestial Fire of Conscience--Refusing to Deliver Medical Care
This Article by R. Alta Charo, JD was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 16, 2005.
In it, Professor Charo explores the following:
"For health care professionals, the question becomes: What does it mean to be a professional in the United States? Does professionalism include the rather old-fashioned notion of putting others before oneself? Should professionals avoid exploiting their positions to pursue an agenda separate from that of their profession? And perhaps most crucial, to what extent do professionals have a collective duty to ensure that their profession provides nondiscriminatory access to all professional services?"
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Professor Charo's Article
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