Institutionalizing Conscience: Beyond Agency and Individuality...Wasserman JA, Brummett A, Navin MC. A Defense of Institutional Conscience Rights for Secular Hospitals: Philosophical Justifications and Practical Applications. American Journal of Bioethics. 2026;26(7):45-58.
The article critically examines the concept of institutional conscience (IC) in healthcare ethics, emphasizing that conscience is fundamentally an individual moral capacity grounded in agency, freedom, and responsibility rather than a collective institutional attribute. It argues that policies on in...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 74 - 77 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2026
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