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Revista de saúde pública · Oct 2011
Conscientious objection and abortion: rights and duties of public sector physicians.
- Debora Diniz.
- Instituto de Bioética, Direitos Humanos e Gênero, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
- Rev Saude Publica. 2011 Oct 1; 45 (5): 981-5.
AbstractThe paper analyzes conscientious objection by physicians, through the concrete situation of legal abortion in Brazil. It reviews the two main ethical frameworks about conscientious objection in public health, the incompatibility thesis and the integrity thesis, to analyze the reality of legal abortion services in the referral services of the Brazilian public health care system. From these two perspectives, a third perspective is proposed - the justification thesis, to manage the right to conscientious objection among physicians in referral services. This analysis may contribute to the organization of services for legal abortion and to the education of future physicians working in emergency obstetric care.
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