title: Protecting positive claims of conscience for employees of religious institutions threatens religious liberty.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Tollefsen
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003242:Conscience; D005610:Freedom; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012068:Religion and Medicine