February 2021
By Bryan Salte, Associate Registrar and Senior Legal Counsel, CPSS |
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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN MEDICINE:
Addressing conflict between patient rights and physician freedom of conscience
The Council of the College recently reviewed and updated the College’s Conscientious Objection Policy. The policy addresses the conflicts that can arise when a patient seeks medical treatment from a physician who has a conscientious objection related to providing that treatment or providing information about that treatment. Most often those conflicts relate to birth control or abortion, but can relate to other health services. READ MORE
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