On Civil disobedience by physicians: August 31,2022
- bjmears1
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min read
what is the responsibility of a physician when they believe a law places a specific patient in danger? This question goes far beyond Dobbs. Physicians have duties to patients, themselves, families, their professional organizations, and so on as well as to the law. At what point is a law so unjust that civil disobedience is necessary? "Professional Civil Disobedience — Medical-Society.
Responsibilities after Dobbs" from NEJM #bioethics https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2210192#.Yw-0qQzlTkA.twitter
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