Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify and discuss the major issues associated with the debate about whether health professionals may refuse to provide treatments to which they object on moral grounds
• Describe and evaluate the survey presented in this course of physician’s attitudes on this issue
• Discuss the roles of religion and the law in formulating a health-care professional’s attitudes regarding these issues
• Explain the importance of patients being aware of their physician’s views on controversial medical procedures and practices
• Identify and discuss some of the more controversial issues raised in the “cases” section of this course