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How to handle conflicts between religious beliefs and medical care

I'm a nurse and yesterday I had to help with a procedure on a child whose parents refused pain medication for religious reasons and I keep thinking about her screams.

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Witnessing suffering that could be prevented challenges the fundamental assumption that respecting others' beliefs is always morally correct.

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