Jak rozumieć medyczną klauzulę sumienia?

Galewicz, Wlodzimierz

doi:10.13153/diam.34.2012.503

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“…The CC itself is a legal norm that, under certain circumstances, allows selected healthcare professionals to refuse to provide a medical service that is permitted by law, but which offends their conscience [7]. It should be noted, however, that the right to the conscience clause differs from the freedom of conscience.…”

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The Association Between Religion and Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Conscience Clause. A Preliminary Study From Poland

Czekajewska,

Walkowiak,

Domaradzki

2023

Int J Public Health

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Objectives: This study was designed to determine the relationship between religion and healthcare practitioners’ attitudes towards conscience clauses in Poland.Methods: We developed a survey assessing impact of religion on attitudes healthcare professionals towards the conscience clause. These questions were explored using a sample of 300 Polish healthcare professionals.Results: The results indicate that religiosity was a significant predictor of acceptance of conscience clauses. It also influenced healthcare practitioners’ opinions on medical professionals that should be granted the right to conscience clauses and medical services that may be denied on moral grounds. There was also a significant relationship between healthcare practitioners’ religiosity and their eagerness to use conscience clauses in a situation of moral conflict. Finally, religious healthcare practitioners were more concerned about the personal consequences of using this right in a medical environment.Conclusion: This study shows that at the same time, both religious and non-religious healthcare professionals believed that the Polish regulations regarding conscience clause are unclear and inaccurate, therefore leading to misinterpretation and abuse regulation of law.

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The Association Between Religion and Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Conscience Clause. A Preliminary Study From Poland

Czekajewska,

Walkowiak,

Domaradzki

2023

Int J Public Health

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“…For many years, therefore, the conscience clause (CC) in healthcare has provoked a heated debate in Polish society, as the majority of Poles believe that prenatal tests (73%), contraceptives (55%) and legal abortion (52%) should be exempt [4]. The number of publications on this topic has consequently increased significantly [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

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Attitudes of Polish physicians, nurses and pharmacists towards the ethical and legal aspects of the conscience clause

Czekajewska

Walkowiak²,

Domaradzki³

2022

BMC Med Ethics

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Background While healthcare professionals’ right to invoke the conscience clause has been recognised as a fundamental human right, it continues to provoke a heated debate in Polish society. Although public discourse is filled with ethical and legal considerations on the conscience clause, much less is known about the attitudes of healthcare professionals regarding that matter. The aim of this study was therefore to describe the attitudes of Polish physicians, nurses and pharmacists towards the ethical and legal aspects of the conscience clause. Methods We analysed a group of three hundred healthcare professionals: physicians, nurses and pharmacists in Poznan, Poland, using a standard questionnaire comprising of 29 questions about various ethical and legal aspects of the conscience clause and participants’ personal experiences with the conscience clause. The study was conducted between January and March 2020. Results This research shows that although most Polish healthcare workers support the right to invoke the conscience clause they differ significantly in their opinions on to whom and to what medical procedures the conscience clause should apply to. It also demonstrated that while the conscience clause is rarely invoked in Poland, most healthcare professionals declare that the current legal regulations in that sphere are unclear and inaccurate. Conclusions While there is an urgent need to raise the awareness regarding the conscience clause among medical students and healthcare professionals and educate them about such issues, it is even more important to improve the legal system in regard to the CC so that it protects both HCPs’ right to the CC and safeguards patients’ rights to medical services.

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A Thomistic Argument for Respecting Conscientious Refusals

Głowala

2016

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Jak rozumieć medyczną klauzulę sumienia?

Cited by 5 publications

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The Association Between Religion and Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Conscience Clause. A Preliminary Study From Poland

The Association Between Religion and Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Conscience Clause. A Preliminary Study From Poland

Attitudes of Polish physicians, nurses and pharmacists towards the ethical and legal aspects of the conscience clause

A Thomistic Argument for Respecting Conscientious Refusals

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