Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review

In the light of current legislation on Medical Aid in Dying ─euthanasia and assisted suicide─ in different countries worldwide, there have been some arguments devoted to the right to conscientious objection for healthcare professionals in these specific practices. The goals of this scoping review ar...

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Autores: Triviño Caballero, Rosana, Parra Jounou, Iris, Roldán Gómez, Isabel, López de la Vieja, Mª Teresa
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:17
Assisted suicide
Conscientious objection
Euthanasia
Medical aid in dying
Causes
Humanidades
71 Ética
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spelling Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping ReviewTriviño Caballero, RosanaParra Jounou, IrisRoldán Gómez, IsabelLópez de la Vieja, Mª Teresa17Assisted suicideConscientious objectionEuthanasiaMedical aid in dyingCausesHumanidades71 ÉticaIn the light of current legislation on Medical Aid in Dying ─euthanasia and assisted suicide─ in different countries worldwide, there have been some arguments devoted to the right to conscientious objection for healthcare professionals in these specific practices. The goals of this scoping review are to provide an overview of the motivations and causes that lie behind conscientious objection identified by previous literature according to professionals’ experience and to verify if these motives match with theoretical debates on conscientious objection. As the results show, there seems to be a dissonance between the motivations included in the traditional and mainstream definition of conscientious objection that is used in the theoretical and speculative framework and the actual factors that empirical studies note as reported motivations to object to Medical Aid in Dying. Hence, either we consider new factors to include as causes of “conscience”, or we accept that there are motivations that are not actually applicable to conscientious objection and should be addressed by other means. As conscientious objection in Medical Aid in Dying is multifaceted, we claim from the results that there can be different kinds of motivations acting at the same time. In any case, it is helpful to rebalance theoretical and empirical considerations to fully understand the complexity of the phenomenon and give some insights on how to deal with it.École de santé publique de l'Université de MontréalUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20232023-01-0120232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119973reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1199732026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
title Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
spellingShingle Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
Triviño Caballero, Rosana
17
Assisted suicide
Conscientious objection
Euthanasia
Medical aid in dying
Causes
Humanidades
71 Ética
title_short Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
title_full Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
title_fullStr Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
title_full_unstemmed Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
title_sort Causes for Conscientious Objection in Medical Aid in Dying: A Scoping Review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Triviño Caballero, Rosana
Parra Jounou, Iris
Roldán Gómez, Isabel
López de la Vieja, Mª Teresa
author Triviño Caballero, Rosana
author_facet Triviño Caballero, Rosana
Parra Jounou, Iris
Roldán Gómez, Isabel
López de la Vieja, Mª Teresa
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Roldán Gómez, Isabel
López de la Vieja, Mª Teresa
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 17
Assisted suicide
Conscientious objection
Euthanasia
Medical aid in dying
Causes
Humanidades
71 Ética
topic 17
Assisted suicide
Conscientious objection
Euthanasia
Medical aid in dying
Causes
Humanidades
71 Ética
description In the light of current legislation on Medical Aid in Dying ─euthanasia and assisted suicide─ in different countries worldwide, there have been some arguments devoted to the right to conscientious objection for healthcare professionals in these specific practices. The goals of this scoping review are to provide an overview of the motivations and causes that lie behind conscientious objection identified by previous literature according to professionals’ experience and to verify if these motives match with theoretical debates on conscientious objection. As the results show, there seems to be a dissonance between the motivations included in the traditional and mainstream definition of conscientious objection that is used in the theoretical and speculative framework and the actual factors that empirical studies note as reported motivations to object to Medical Aid in Dying. Hence, either we consider new factors to include as causes of “conscience”, or we accept that there are motivations that are not actually applicable to conscientious objection and should be addressed by other means. As conscientious objection in Medical Aid in Dying is multifaceted, we claim from the results that there can be different kinds of motivations acting at the same time. In any case, it is helpful to rebalance theoretical and empirical considerations to fully understand the complexity of the phenomenon and give some insights on how to deal with it.
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