Personal Preference

Definitions

  • Conscience: An inner state or faculty linked to an awareness of moral limits and to the ability to distinguish right from wrong
    • Galston, W. & Rogers M. (2012). Health Care Provider’s Consciences and Patients’ Needs: The Quest for Balance. The Brookings Institution
  • Personal Conscience Objection: the actual refusal of action requested by a patient or expected by the ordinary standard of care due to sincerely held moral or religious beliefs.