title: Thinking about Conscience.
abstract: The path to consensus about physicians' exercise of conscience was not linear. It looped back on itself as new insights illuminated earlier deliberations and in turn led to further insights. In particular, coming to agreement about physicians' responsibility in regard to referral charted a route through many course corrections.
authors.affiliation: American Medical Association, 33D North Wabash Avenue, Suite 39300, Chicago, Illinois 60611-5885 USA. bette.crigger@ama-assn.org.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Crigger
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D003242:Conscience; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States