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    • Medical Ethics
    • Professional Responsibility

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    • Health professionals may encounter situations where professional duties conflict with personal moral beliefs.
    • Activities like assisted suicide or euthanasia present complex ethical dilemmas for medical practitioners.

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    • To explore the ethical considerations for health professionals regarding participation in morally objectionable activities.
    • To advocate for the protection of conscience and reasonable accommodation in medical practice.

    Main Methods:

    • The study examines the concept of complicity in relation to professional responsibilities.
    • It analyzes the ethical implications of coercion and the importance of respecting individual conscience.

    Main Results:

    • Coercion of health professionals into actions violating their conscience is ethically unacceptable and contrary to democratic principles.
    • Referrals for procedures like assisted suicide or euthanasia can be perceived as complicity.

    Conclusions:

    • Conscience is a vital aspect of medical practice that requires respect and reasonable accommodation.
    • Divergent moral judgments within medicine should be acknowledged, and moral questions given due weight.
    • While promoting human welfare is paramount, diverse interpretations of welfare must be recognized.