The missing voices in the conscientious objection debate: British service users' experiences of conscientious objection to abortion.

Authors:
Self B; Maxwell C; Fleming V.

Journal:
BMC Med Ethics

Publication Year: 2023

DOI:
10.1186/s12910-023-00934-9

PMCID:
PMC10441708

PMID:
37605173

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Journal Title: BMC Med Ethics

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Subject Category: Medical Ethics

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

Available in PMC: Yes

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"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study has been reviewed by and received ethics clearance through the Liverpool John Moores University (UK) Research Ethics Committee. Reference: 20/NAH/001. Service users provided informed consent to participate by filling out an online consent form on the research website [25], and gave verbal consent at the beginning of the interview. All methods were performed in accordance with the British Sociological Association ethical guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationService users provided informed consent for anonymised quotes to be published verbatim. The authors gained consent over email for potentially identifiable information (that added context) to be published and explained to participants that confidentiality could not be assured. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

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"Funding Liverpool John Moores University (UK) Ph.D. studentship, Faculty of Health. The funding body had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript."

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