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This book contains a collection of studies addressing the complex and sensitive issue of conscientious objection. The author provides an in-depth analysis of this problem from multidisciplinary perspective, including philosophical, political, legal and medical aspects, exposing various professional experiences.

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This book is a collection of studies addressing the complex and sensitive issue of conscientious objection. It has become utmost controversial, especially in relation to professional conduct in healthcare service. Moral dilemmas of physicians, being always a part of human existence, due to the development of public health insurance, became also a political issue with legal consequences. The book provides an in-depth analysis of this complex issue from a multidisciplinary perspective, including philosophical, political, legal and medical aspects. It also presents various experiences of different medical and legal professionals in this field.

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Contemporary dispute over the conscientious objection - Philosophical and constitutional background - Freedom of conscience - Conscientious objection and the inner goals of medicine - Conscientious objection in International law

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Aleksander Stepkowski is a professor of law and the Head of the Chair of the Sociology of Law at the University of Warsaw, holding PhD and habilitation in legal science. His research concentrates on private and public comparative law as well as interrelations between philosophy, society and the legal culture.

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