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Conscientious Objection Gone Awry — Restoring Selfless Professionalism in Medicine
N Engl J Med 2009; 360:1484-1485April 9, 2009DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0902019
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A new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has emerged as the latest battleground in the health care conscience wars. Promulgated during the waning months of the Bush administration, the rule became effective in January. Heralded as a “provider conscience regulation” by its supporters and derided as a “midnight regulation” by its detractors, the rule could alter the landscape of federal conscience law. The regulation, as explained in its text (see the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org), aims to raise awareness of and ensure compliance with federal health care conscience . . .
Dr. Cantor reports representing an affiliate of Planned Parenthood in a legal matter unrelated to conscientious objection. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
This article (10.1056/NEJMp0902019) was published at NEJM.org on March 25, 2009.
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Dr. Cantor is an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles.
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