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Conceptualising Conscientious Objection as Resistance
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Farrand, Benjamin Matthew (2014) Conceptualising Conscientious Objection as Resistance. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, 2 (2). pp. 69-87. doi:10.7590/221354014x14042206276077 ISSN 2213-5405.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7590/221354014x14042206276077
Abstract
While conscientious objection in healthcare is becoming increasingly studied, the legislative implementation of the principle is often without definition, leading to the question 'what is conscientious objection?' As this article will demonstrate, it is useful to reconceptualise conscientious objection as 'resistance' to dominant discourses and understandings in society, which have been internalised and co-opted as a way of acting as a 'safety-valve' for individualised dissent, as well as reinforcing perceptions of freedom, choice and tolerance in liberal democratic society. This non-normative assessment of conscientious objection therefore seeks to provide a framework for understanding why certain forms of resistance may be considered conscientious and some may not, before then applying this understanding to issues such as abortion and female genital mutilation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Medical Law and Ethics | ||||
Publisher: | Uitgeverij Paris bv | ||||
ISSN: | 2213-5405 | ||||
Official Date: | 1 July 2014 | ||||
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Volume: | 2 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 69-87 | ||||
DOI: | 10.7590/221354014x14042206276077 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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