El médico y la objeción de conciencia: opinión del Departamento de Ética del Colegio Médico de Chile A. G. / Position paper from the Department of Ethics of the Chilean College of Physicians about conscientious objection
Rev. méd. Chile
; 144(3): 382-387, mar. 2016.
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ABSTRACT
The Chilean bill that regulates abortion for three cases (Bulletin Nº 9895-11) includes the possibility that health professionals may manifest their conscientious objection (CO) to perform this procedure. Due to the broad impact that the issue of C O had, the Ethics Department of the Chilean College of Physicians considered important to review this concept and its ethical and legal basis, especially in the field of sexual and reproductive health. In the present document, we define the practical limit s of CO, both for the proper fulfillment of the medical profession obligations, and for the due respect and non-discrimination that the professional objector deserves. We analyze the denial of some health institutions to perform abortions if it is legalize d, and we end with recommendations adjusted to the Chilean reality. Specifically, we recognize the right to conscientious objection that all physicians who directly participate in a professional act have. But we a lso recognize that physicians have ineludib le obligations towards their patients, including the obligation to inform about the existence of this service, how to access to it and -as set out in our code of ethics- to ensure that another colleague will continue attending the patient.
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Texto completo:
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Práctica Profesional
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Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina
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Negativa al Tratamiento
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Conciencia
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Ética Médica
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Chile
Pais de publicación:
Chile