Tennessee bill allowing medical workers to refuse care sparks controversy
A debate over a new bill that would give medical professionals the right to refuse care to patients based on personal beliefs ...
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Who Will Volunteer for Clinical Trials Now?
Arthur Caplan, PhD, is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Lisa Kearns, MS, MA, is a ...
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Tennessee doctors may soon be able to deny certain treatments over personal beliefs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Doctors in Tennessee may soon be able to deny certain treatments over their personal beliefs. The "Medical ...
Could doctors refuse to give vaccines? Idaho bill would allow denial over ‘moral’ beliefs
Imagine, said Idaho Sen. Ron Taylor, D-Hailey, that you’ve gone to the hospital for a blood transfusion, and a nurse declines ...
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Doctors Pressure Regulators to Close OHSU’s Primate Research Center
A national medical ethics group is pressuring regulators to shutter Oregon Health & Science University’s primate research ...
Bill that would allow medical professionals to refuse care based on personal, religious beliefs passes TN Senate
The bill prevents healthcare professionals from being forced to provide certain treatments, but it does not allow them to ...
Senate passes bill on religious beliefs
On Monday, senators voted 28-6 in favor of House Bill 59. Presented by Sen. Carl Bjerke, R-Coeur d’Alene, the bill is known ...
What Would the Church Say About End-of-Life Decisions for a Pope?
Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...