ArticleNursing ethics
Conscience and conscientious objection in nursing: A personalist bioethics approach.
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- Nurses' Experiences and Perspectives of Conscientious Objection in Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
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- Challenges faced by nurses and their stress of conscience levels in providing palliative care: a cross-sectional descriptive study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric properties of the conscience-based nursing care scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Conscience clause in brain death care: ethical and legal perspectives of young nurses and midwives in Poland.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Conscientious objection: a global health perspective.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the perception of conscience questionnaire in Iranian nurses.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of interventions on healthcare professionals' understanding and use of conscience: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
The ability of nurses to act as moral agents in accordance with their conscience is both an essential human freedom and an important part of professional ethics. Recent developments in Canada related to Medical Assistance in Dying have revealed new and important challenges related to conscientious objection - challenges that may require rethinking of how nurses do professional ethics. Notably, the inclusion of a personalist bioethical approach is needed to introduce and explicate what conscience is for nurses to be able to apply it to nursing practice. In this article, we explore the importance of conscience and conscientious objection as ethical concepts to support nurses in addressing issues of conscience amid ethically challenging situations. We discuss how a personalist basis for conscience can support nurses to inclusively engage with one another across diverse moral perspectives.
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