Development of the Inclination Toward Conscientious Objection Scale for Physicians.

This study aims to develop a valid and reliable scale to assess whether a physician is inclined to take conscientious objection when asked to perform medical services that clash with his/her personal beliefs. The scale, named the Inclination toward Conscientious Objection Scale, was developed for physicians in Turkey. Face validity, content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct validity of the scale were evaluated in the development process.

Nurses' attitudes toward, perceptions of, and experiences with conscientious objection.

Background: Conscientious objection is a person's refusal to fulfill a legal duty due to their ethical values, religious beliefs, or ideological affiliations. In nursing, it refers to a nurse's refusal to perform an action or participate in a particular situation based on their conscience. Conscientious objection has become a highly contested topic in recent years.

Ethical Discourse of Medical Students on the Phenomenon of Death: A Qualitative Study.

The aim of this study is to discover medical students' ideas on the phenomenon of death; produce information on how these students interpret the value-related problems regarding death that they come across in different units of hospitals; and assess this data in ethical terms. This study included a qualitative research in which 12 focus group interviews were conducted with 92 fifth- and sixth-year medical students. Data obtained from interviews were assessed using a thematic content secondary analysis.

Perspectives of community pharmacists on conscientious objection to provide pharmacy services: A theory informed qualitative study.

Background: In recent years, pharmacists have been opting out of certain pharmacy services, particularly, providing contraceptives, for moral reasons. No research has been conducted on the perceptions of community pharmacists toward conscience objection in a secular state with a mostly Muslim population.

Objective: This study aimed to provide an in-depth understanding of the factors related to the beliefs of community pharmacists on conscientious objection to provide pharmacy services contrary to their personal beliefs based on the theory of planned behavior.

Ethical discourse of medical students and physicians on conscientious objection: A qualitative study in Turkey.

This study is an investigation of the views of medical students (N=15) and physicians (N=14), in Turkey, on conscientious objection through elaboration on their experiences in medical practice within the framework of conscientious objection, and evaluation of the data from an ethical perspective. The data received from in-depth interviews were evaluated by using the thematic content analysis method. They were then divided into contexts and themes as follows: "Refusal to provide healthcare services," "scope of conscientious objection," and "impact of conscientious objection (in case of legal entitlement).

Ethical Evaluation Capacity of Turkish Food and Agricultural Engineers and Veterinary Physicians with Regard to Agriculture and Food System.

In Turkey, the numbers of studies that deal with agriculture and food as a system and process, and that address the issue with an integrated approach are very limited. Besides, there is no empirical study available in the national literature in which agricultural and food system has been analyzed within the framework of applied ethics. The present study aims to investigate the characteristics of food and agricultural engineers and veterinary physicians in terms of their tendency to carry out ethical evaluations when faced with issues falling under the field of agriculture and food ethics, and detect their capacity to identify ethical problems.

The effect of professional education on medical and nursing students' attitudes toward death.

This qualitative study aims to reveal the effect of professional education on medical and nursing students' attitudes toward death. The study was carried out with nursing and medical students ( = 197). Research data was collected through semi-structured interview questions and 23 focus group interviews.

Nursing Students' Experiences With Death and Terminal Patients During Clinical Education.

The aim of this study is to explore nursing students' experiences with death and terminal patients during clinical education. A secondary analysis of qualitative data that were collected through 11 focus group interviews with nursing students was performed. Data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis.

Ethical Discourse of Psychiatrists About Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: In Turkey, the studies that aim to elaborate on the experiences of people with gender identities and sexual orientations incongruent with social norms are limited both in bioethics and in psychiatry. The general aim of this study is to provide a deeper understanding about the value based problems related to the gender identity and sexual orientation of the patients who seek medical advice in psychiatry practice. In this study, psychiatrists' discourse on gender identity and sexual orientation is discussed from an ethical perspective based on their experiences in providing healthcare to LGBT individuals.

LGBT+ Individuals' Perceptions of Healthcare Services in Turkey: A Cross-sectional Qualitative Study.

When accessing healthcare services, LGBT+ individuals are often exposed to segregating and marginalizing discourses. Knowledge about how such experiences are reflected in the moral world of LGBT+ individuals living in Turkey is limited. This study examined LGBT+ individuals' lived experiences when utilizing healthcare services.