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Conscience
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Definition of 'Conscience'The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalized moral governor over an individual's moral conduct. Common names: Conscience; Consciences |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Personal conscience and the problem of moral certitude.
29 Nov 2009
The moral practice of nursing requires the difficult work of discerning the best response to an ethical quandary. Determining the right course of action can rarely be discovered by assuming that one value, one theory, one point of view will always ... Read more...
Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: a national survey.
30 Aug 2009
PURPOSE: To explore physicians' beliefs about whether physicians sometimes have a professional obligation to provide medical services even if doing so goes against their conscience, and to examine associations between physicians' opinions and their ... Read more...
24 Jul 2009
The psychological attributes of intelligence and personality are usually seen as being quite distinct in nature: higher intelligence being regarded a 'gift' (bestowed mostly by heredity); while personality or 'character' is morally evaluated by ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Conscience'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Personal conscience and the problem of moral certitude.
29 Nov 2009 - Torture and attachment: conscience and the analyst's world-seeing eye.
29 Sep 2009 - Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: a national survey.
30 Aug 2009 - Why it is 'better' to be reliable but dumb than smart but slapdash: are intelligence (IQ) and Conscientiousness best regarded as gifts or virtues.
24 Jul 2009 - It takes two to tango: how parents' and adolescents' personalities link to the quality of their mutual relationship.
29 Jun 2009 - Guidelines for managing conscientious objection to blood transfusion.
29 Jun 2009 - Conscience and the unconscionable.
30 May 2009 - What physicians need to know about the legal status of abortion in the United States.
30 May 2009 - Matters of "conscience": the politics of reproductive healthcare in Poland.
30 May 2009 - Conscientiousness, career success, and longevity: a lifespan analysis.
18 May 2009 - [Shopping addiction--the new face of Mammon]
29 Apr 2009 - Compensatory conscientiousness and health in older couples.
29 Apr 2009 - Emergency contraception and physicians' rights of conscience: a review of current legal standards in Wisconsin.
29 Apr 2009 - Testing personality-coping diatheses for negative and positive affect: a longitudinal evaluation.
29 Apr 2009 - Bush administration issued, and Obama administration seeks to rescind, 'conscience clause' regulation.
30 Mar 2009 - Stigma, conscience, and science in psychiatry: past, present, and future.
30 Mar 2009 - Exploring the benefits of conscientiousness: an investigation of the role of daily stressors and health behaviors.
24 Mar 2009 - Conscientious objection gone awry--restoring selfless professionalism in medicine.
23 Mar 2009 - [Learned societies and end of life...]
15 Mar 2009 - Sympathetic response to chemostimulation in conscious rats exposed to chronic intermittent hypoxia.
Mar 2009
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Technical information about 'Conscience'
Definition: The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalized moral governor over an individual's moral conduct.
Descriptor UI: D003242
Alternative terms: Conscience; Consciences;
Tree Number: F01.829.500.359; K01.316.630.350; K01.752.256.547.359;
Online Note: search MORALS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under MORALS 1975-90
Technical Notes: no qualif