Stephen W. Smith

The Nature and Limitations of Conscience in Healthcare

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive theory of conscience as it relates to healthcare decisions. It provides a broad understanding of conscience, along with how it might be coherently regulated to avoid undue burdens on others. It further explores the important roles played by conscientious provision, complicity and institutional conscience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108490115
• ISBN-10: 1108490115
• Artikelnr.: 73534162

Autorenporträt

Stephen W. Smith is a Reader in Medical Law and Ethics at Cardiff University, where he directs the Legal Aspects of Medical Practice programme. He is the author of End-of-Life Decisions in Medical Care: Principles and Policies for Regulating the Dying Process (Cambridge, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Conscience from first principles
3. Respecting conscience
4. Responsibilities of conscience
5. Conscientious provision and objection
6. Complicity and corporate conscience
7. Regulating claims of conscience
8. Conclusion
Bibliography.