Is it ethical for a general practitioner to claim a conscientious objection when asked to refer for abortion?

J W Gerrard

doi:10.1136/jme.2009.030031

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Is it ethical for a general practitioner to claim a conscientious objection when asked to refer for abortion?

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Sep 2009	33	5	12
Oct 2009	317	825	125
Nov 2009	100	26	30
Dec 2009	75	12	14
Jan 2010	95	16	18
Feb 2010	31	8	16
Mar 2010	34	30	30
Apr 2010	47	22	33
May 2010	32	13	20
Jun 2010	20	10	18
Jul 2010	31	7	11
Aug 2010	25	9	14
Sep 2010	53	9	14
Oct 2010	35	21	25
Nov 2010	34	27	35
Dec 2010	45	4	15
Jan 2011	23	7	68
Feb 2011	25	25	42
Mar 2011	36	19	34
Apr 2011	30	17	27
May 2011	27	7	6
Jun 2011	21	3	5
Jul 2011	25	6	10
Aug 2011	16	3	14
Sep 2011	24	13	15
Oct 2011	33	43	36
Nov 2011	48	5	21
Dec 2011	79	8	22
Jan 2012	73	26	79
Feb 2012	63	18	78
Mar 2012	175	15	32
Apr 2012	107	8	14
May 2012	83	8	14
Jun 2012	66	4	11
Jul 2012	50	8	6
Aug 2012	28	3	4
Sep 2012	30	6	8
Oct 2012	58	6	17
Nov 2012	106	16	38
Dec 2012	48	8	12
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Feb 2013	54	8	45
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Apr 2013	75	4	13
May 2013	52	2	8
Jun 2013	48	6	6
Jul 2013	21	2	1
Aug 2013	22	1	3
Sep 2013	34	3	5
Oct 2013	25	3	12
Nov 2013	84	11	18
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Jan 2014	53	5	32
Feb 2014	55	10	49
Mar 2014	71	2	12
Apr 2014	75	13	24
May 2014	46	5	7
Jun 2014	42	1	3
Jul 2014	33	1	1
Aug 2014	46	0	2
Sep 2014	35	1	4
Oct 2014	87	7	13
Nov 2014	68	4	12
Dec 2014	54	4	16
Jan 2015	47	6	79
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Mar 2015	48	2	14
Apr 2015	50	7	13
May 2015	48	6	7
Jun 2015	24	1	5
Jul 2015	20	5	5
Aug 2015	16	0	4
Sep 2015	22	3	5
Oct 2015	25	2	11
Nov 2015	22	0	2
Dec 2015	29	0	8
Jan 2016	45	9	73
Feb 2016	97	16	99
Mar 2016	22	1	4
Apr 2016	41	1	9
May 2016	39	4	10
Jun 2016	65	2	8
Jul 2016	18	0	2
Aug 2016	13	0	2
Sep 2016	25	2	4
Oct 2016	34	5	15
Nov 2016	25	3	8
Dec 2016	32	7	6
Jan 2017	39	20	149
Feb 2017	23	9	73
Mar 2017	21	9	24
Apr 2017	25	22	9
May 2017	48	13	5
Jun 2017	37	10	4
Jul 2017	51	6	3
Aug 2017	53	4	2
Sep 2017	77	1	7
Oct 2017	71	16	14
Nov 2017	115	9	5
Dec 2017	62	1	5
Jan 2018	78	9	152
Feb 2018	115	19	47
Mar 2018	95	26	8
Apr 2018	131	21	11
May 2018	52	13	3
Jun 2018	84	12	3
Jul 2018	49	9	5
Aug 2018	43	5	4
Sep 2018	36	6	5
Oct 2018	59	4	11
Nov 2018	74	12	18
Dec 2018	79	13	17
Jan 2019	54	8	137
Feb 2019	286	18	49
Mar 2019	87	17	10
Apr 2019	51	15	10
May 2019	44	3	2
Jun 2019	33	3	5
Jul 2019	42	2	0
Aug 2019	36	4	0
Sep 2019	25	3	5
Oct 2019	58	4	5
Nov 2019	47	7	6
Dec 2019	38	9	6
Jan 2020	599	77	17
Feb 2020	46	5	3
Mar 2020	52	5	7
Apr 2020	44	10	8
May 2020	26	4	5
Jun 2020	22	1	2
Jul 2020	21	1	1
Aug 2020	10	0	1
Sep 2020	47	2	1
Oct 2020	101	5	3
Nov 2020	79	21	17
Dec 2020	32	1	1
Jan 2021	153	42	31
Feb 2021	77	11	7
Mar 2021	162	26	24
Apr 2021	46	7	4
May 2021	28	4	1
Jun 2021	9	8	2
Jul 2021	2	2	1
Aug 2021	12	6	0
Sep 2021	12	10	5
Oct 2021	57	8	3
Nov 2021	83	6	3
Dec 2021	58	8	3
Jan 2022	121	25	13
Feb 2022	66	7	4
Mar 2022	68	21	6
Apr 2022	40	8	2
May 2022	78	13	1
Jun 2022	56	7	2
Jul 2022	25	4	1
Aug 2022	40	2	2
Sep 2022	26	5	0
Oct 2022	72	16	5
Nov 2022	27	5	3
Dec 2022	44	4	3
Jan 2023	135	32	18
Feb 2023	97	7	7
Mar 2023	33	3	9
Apr 2023	50	8	4
May 2023	55	9	1
Jun 2023	36	4	1
Jul 2023	29	3	1
Aug 2023	24	7	4
Sep 2023	25	5	0
Oct 2023	85	2	0
Nov 2023	51	13	2
Dec 2023	66	3	4
Jan 2024	84	4	0
Feb 2024	29	4	3
Mar 2024	61	6	1
Total	10073	2388	2968

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