Pertaining to the debate on conscientious objections, I do understand that different people have different values, beliefs, etc. and it is under their own discretion of what they will and will not do, but where do you draw the line. It is the duty of physicians to act in the best interest of the patient. If physicians are able to refuse care to patients because of personal beliefs, then that is diminishing the role of medicine and the duty to care in the best interest of the patient. It would then be in the personal interest of the doctor. Doctors do have a right to refuse care, but letting them refuse care because of personal beliefs broadens the spectrum of prejudice. What if a doctor refuses to treat black people or homosexuals because of his/her personal beliefs? Is that right? People enter the occupational field of Medicine because they want or have a passion for helping people and does that mean filtering the people who he/she helps and cares for. If there is no imminent danger to the physician or patient, I don’t think it is right to refuse care because of personal beliefs because it is a moral obligation for a physician to care for a patient in a patient’s best interest disregarding their own interest.
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