Disestablishing Hospitals

Disestablishing Hospitals

We argue that concentration of power in religious hospitals threatens disestablishment values. When hospitals deny care for religious reasons, they dominate patients' bodies and convictions. Health law should - and to some extent already does - constrain such religious domination.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of law, medicine & ethics medicine & ethics, 2021-01, Vol.49 (4), p.542-551
Hauptverfasser: Sepper, Elizabeth, Nelson, James D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abortion
Christianity
Contract negotiations
Dominance
Employees
Employers
Health services
Hospitals
Humans
Joint ventures
Labor law
Palliative care
Patients
Religion
Religion and Medicine
Stem cells
Values
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Zusammenfassung:We argue that concentration of power in religious hospitals threatens disestablishment values. When hospitals deny care for religious reasons, they dominate patients' bodies and convictions. Health law should - and to some extent already does - constrain such religious domination.
ISSN:1073-1105
1748-720X
DOI:10.1017/jme.2021.78