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Chapter 8 - Conscientious Provision and Objection in Medical Training in the Context of the Abortion Controversy

from Section I - Abortion Training: Workforce, Leadership, Social & Political Impact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

By
Wendy Chavkin
Edited by
Uta Landy ,
Philip D Darney  and
Jody Steinauer
Uta Landy
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
Philip D Darney
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
Jody Steinauer
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Summary

Conscientious objection to sexual and reproductive healthcare (refusal to perform abortion, assisted reproductive technologies, prenatal diagnosis, contraception, including emergency contraception and sterilization, care for trans people etc.) has become a widespread global phenomenon and constitutes a barrier to these services for many.The tension between honoring one’s own integrity and respecting others’ rights to differ, and to have access to legal services, is further complicated for clinicians who have fiduciary duties to put patients’ needs ahead of their own.Medical and residency education must reconcile the right to conscience of students and residents with the need to ensure that these students and residents are well trained, able to demonstrate competency in all the components of their profession and specialty and clear about their fiduciary duties

Keywords

Conscientious ObjectionSexual and Reproductive Health CareFiduciary Duties of PhysiciansRight to Conscience of Students and ResidentsGlobal Phenomena
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Advancing Women's Health Through Medical Education
A Systems Approach in Family Planning and Abortion
 , pp. 94 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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