"Conscience" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalized moral governor over an individual's moral conduct.
| Descriptor ID |
D003242
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.500.359 K01.752.566.359
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Conscience" by people in Profiles.
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Why the Post-Roe Era Requires Protecting Conscientious Provision as We Protect Conscientious Refusal in Health Care. AMA J Ethics. 2022 Sep 01; 24(9):E906-912.
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Classic Ethical Dilemma: When Is it Acceptable to Treat Patients over Their Objection? J Am Coll Surg. 2021 10; 233(4):515-516.
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Conscience, tolerance, and pluralism in health care. Theor Med Bioeth. 2019 Dec; 40(6):507-521.
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Editors' Introduction: Examining Deeper Questions Posed by Disputes About Conscience in Medicine. Perspect Biol Med. 2019; 62(3):379-382.
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Conscience and the Way of Medicine. Perspect Biol Med. 2019; 62(3):560-575.
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"Just do your job": technology, bureaucracy, and the eclipse of conscience in contemporary medicine. Theor Med Bioeth. 2018 12; 39(6):431-452.
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Tolerance, Professional Judgment, and the Discretionary Space of the Physician. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2017 Jan; 26(1):18-31.
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Whose Choice? Developing a Unifying Ethical Framework for Conscience Laws in Health Care. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 08; 128(2):391-395.
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US primary care physicians' opinions about conscientious refusal: a national vignette experiment. J Med Ethics. 2016 Feb; 42(2):80-4.
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An official American Thoracic Society policy statement: managing conscientious objections in intensive care medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 15; 191(2):219-27.