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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Uitgeverij Paris BV, 2014.
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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.
Author(s): Farrand B
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Medical Law and Ethics
Year: 2014
Volume: 2
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 69-87
Print publication date: 01/07/2014
Online publication date: 01/07/2014
Acceptance date: 30/11/2013
Date deposited: 06/04/2019
ISSN (print): 2213-5405
ISSN (electronic): 2214-5354
Publisher: Uitgeverij Paris BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.7590/221354014X14042206276077
DOI: 10.7590/221354014X14042206276077
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