Future of Rights of Conscience in Health Care: Legal and Ethical Perspectives

In February 2010, BYU Law held a conference titled "Future of Rights of Conscience in Health Care: Legal and Ethical Perspectives."  While draft articles have been available on the BYU site, the final articles were just published in the Ave Maria Law Review.  Here is the table of contents:

• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 1 -- PROTECTION OF HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS' RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE IN AMERICAN LAW: PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE Lynn D. Ward


• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 47 -- REFUSALS OF CONSCIENCE: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHEN SHOULD THEY BE ACCOMMODATED? Kent Greenawalt


• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 67 -- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS VS. INSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY: THE RELATIONAL DIMENSION OF CONSCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE Robert K. Vischer


• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 81 -- CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: NOTICE, INFORMED CONSENT, REFERRAL, AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT Armand H. Matheny Antommaria


• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 101 -- EMPOWERING PRIVATE PROTECTION OF CONSCIENCE Robin Fretwell Wilson


•  9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 123 -- THE RIGHT TO CONSCIENCE AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT Richard S. Myers


• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 141 -- DUTY FIRST: TOWARDS PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO REFUSE FOR MORAL, RELIGIOUS ORETHICAL REASONS Jill Morrison, Micole Allekotte


• 9 Ave Maria L. Rev. 189 -- PROFESSIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN MEDICINE WITH ATTENTION TO REFERRAL T.A. Cavanaugh