Fragile alliance: risks of conscientious objection registration systems for multidisciplinary team collaboration
Within a consequentialist framework, Steve Clarke opposes the complete exclusion of conscientious objection (CO) rights from medical professional duties. More specifically, he proposes a compromise to reduce the practical and moral costs of direct doctor–patient conflict: a system of region-based, regularly updated registers listing clinicians who do not object to specified CO-permissible procedures, together with a recommendation that patients (or referring clinicians) consult this inform
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Published: 22 July 2026
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics (BMJ)
Category: Research
Topics: Healthcare
Retrieved: 23 July 2026
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