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Here is some sample content from Ethical Dilemmas in Patient Care - Staff Rights:

	POLICY: This organization respects the rights of staff members to refuse to care for a patient or to participate in an aspect of patient care that is in conflict with the spiritual or ethical beliefs of that staff member. PROCEDURE: All patients, regardless of spiritual, cultural or ethical belief, are entitled to the same quality and level of care. If a staff member is unable to provide that uncompromised level of care, due to a conflict in beliefs, alternate staffing patterns will be used. A staff member, who has a conflicting belief that will compromise care, should inform his or her...
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	...or ethical belief, are entitled to the same quality and level of care. If a staff member is unable to provide that uncompromised level of care, due to a conflict in beliefs, alternate staffing patterns will be used. A staff member, who has a conflicting belief that will compromise care, should inform his or her immediate supervisor of the conflict, so that alternate assignment may be made. The staff member will be reassigned. SUBJECT: ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN PATIENT CARE - REFERENCE...