Integrity in Action: Medical Education as a Training in Conscience

• Published in: Perspectives in biology and medicine Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 414 - 433
• Main Authors: Eberly, John Brewer, Frush, Benjamin W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
• Subjects: Assisted suicide; Civil war; Conscience; Decision making; Definitions; Education, Medical - ethics; Essays; Health care policy; Humans; Medical education; Medical ethics; Medicine; Moral judgment; Morality; Patients; Physicians; Physicians - ethics; Training

While conscience in medicine has been a source of debate for decades, the role of conscience in medical training remains largely unexamined. Insofar as conscience is addressed, trainees are typically urged to avoid practices that will conflict with their internal moral codes, refer to practitioners...