Conscience and conscientious objection in nursing: A personalist bioethics approach.
Conscience
conscientious objection
ethics
euthanasia
nursing
personalism
Journal
Nursing ethics
ISSN: 1477-0989
Titre abrégé: Nurs Ethics
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9433357
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed:
9
4
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
entrez:
8
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The ability of nurses to act as moral agents in accordance with their conscience is both an essential human freedom and an important part of professional ethics. Recent developments in Canada related to Medical Assistance in Dying have revealed new and important challenges related to conscientious objection - challenges that may require rethinking of how nurses do professional ethics. Notably, the inclusion of a personalist bioethical approach is needed to introduce and explicate what conscience is for nurses to be able to apply it to nursing practice. In this article, we explore the importance of conscience and conscientious objection as ethical concepts to support nurses in addressing issues of conscience amid ethically challenging situations. We discuss how a personalist basis for conscience can support nurses to inclusively engage with one another across diverse moral perspectives.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33827336
doi: 10.1177/0969733021996037
pmc: PMC8640267
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1319-1328Références
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