Regulations of Conduct of Doctors, Article 8
Doctors (Council, Discipline and Pension Fund) Law of 1967 & 1970
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Regulations of Conduct of Doctors, Article 8 Doctors (Council, Discipline and Pension Fund) Law of 1967 & 1970 |
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". . . a doctor may refuse medical treatment to a patient except in cases of emergency or humanitarian duty; this general provision may be relied upon, in prinicple, where the motivations for refusing to provide a medical treatment is religious or ideological."* |
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| *Precis in English from EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, Opinion No. 4-2005: The Right to Conscientious Objection and the Conclusion by EU Member States of Concordats with the Holy See (14 December, 2005), p. 9 |
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