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Film, Video Respecting Conscience, Protecting Patients: Unresolved Tensions in American Health Care

Event video

About this Item

Title

  • Respecting Conscience, Protecting Patients: Unresolved Tensions in American Health Care

Summary

  • A lecture on "Respecting Conscience, Protecting Patients: Unresolved Tensions in American Health Care" is presented at the Library of Congress by James F. Childress, holder of the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History and a distinguished professor from the University of Virginia. In his lecture, Childress will examine the current controversies surrounding how to respect the conscientious refusals of health professionals - such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists or emergency medical personnel - to provide legal but morally contested health-care services.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2010-05-06.

Headings

  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Medicine.
  • -  James F. Childress.
  • -  Recorded on 2010-05-06.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688453

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Respecting Conscience, Protecting Patients: Unresolved Tensions in American Health Care. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-06, 2010. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688453/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2010) Respecting Conscience, Protecting Patients: Unresolved Tensions in American Health Care. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688453/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Respecting Conscience, Protecting Patients: Unresolved Tensions in American Health Care. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-06, 2010. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688453/>.