Singling out the double effect - sexual health advice and contraception are ethically distinct
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Authors
Bow, Steven
Issue Date
2015-09-28
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Sexual Health Advice , Contraception , Contraceptives , Condoms , Ethics , Doctrine of Double Effect , Health Care Workers , Primary Care , General Practice , Thomas Aquinas , Pregnancy , Good , Evil , Gillick , Fraser Guidelines
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Abstract
This article is a response to an article previously published in LJPC, which employed the doctrine of double effect to explain the Gillick judgement and exculpate health care workers who provide contraceptives and sexual health advice to under-16s. In this analysis, the two acts: provision of contraceptives and provision of sexual health advice are examined separately against the four criteria of the doctrine of double effect. In conclusion, whilst sexual health advice provision fits into the doctrine reasonably well, in the case of contraceptive provision, the validity of the doctrine of double effect is more doubtful.
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Citation
Bow S. (2015). Singling out the double effect - sexual health advice and contraception are ethically distinct. London journal of primary care, 7(5), 92–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2015.1082341
Publisher
London Journal of Primary Care