{"id":11,"date":"2018-05-03T13:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2019-05-24T09:57:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T09:57:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary Neal<\/a> is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Strathclyde and is the Principal Investigator: mary.neal@strath.ac.uk. Follow Mary on Twitter @maryfordneal.<\/p>\n

Sara Fovargue<\/a> is Professor of Law at Lancaster University and is a Co-Investigator: s.fovargue@lancaster.ac.uk. Follow Sara on Twitter @SFovargue.<\/p>\n

Stephen Smith<\/a> is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics at Cardiff University and is a Co-Investigator: smiths55@cardiff.ac.uk. Follow Stephen on Twitter @DrStephenWSmith.<\/p>\n

Together and separately, we have written a number of articles relating to conscientious objection in health care.\u00a0 We believe that conscientious objection should, in certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements, be accommodated within health care practice.<\/p>\n

Follow our project on Twitter: @ACoRNacademic<\/p>\n

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ACoRN members:<\/p>\n

Professor Margaret Brazier<\/a>, University of Manchester.<\/p>\n

Dr Christopher Cowley<\/a>, University College Dublin.<\/p>\n

Professor Bobbie Farsides<\/a>, Brighton and Sussex Medical School.<\/p>\n

Dr Lucy Firth<\/a>, University of Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Professor Valerie Fleming<\/a>, Liverpool John Moores University.<\/p>\n

Dr Barry Lyons<\/a>, Trinity College Dublin.<\/p>\n

Dr Paul McConnell<\/a>, University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Dr Peter West-Oram<\/a>, Brighton and Sussex Medical School.<\/p>\n

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\"Lancaster\u00a0\"University\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mary Neal is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Strathclyde and is the Principal Investigator: mary.neal@strath.ac.uk. Follow Mary on Twitter @maryfordneal. Sara Fovargue is Professor of Law at Lancaster University and is a Co-Investigator: s.fovargue@lancaster.ac.uk. Follow Sara on Twitter @SFovargue. Stephen Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"nosidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9SLY9-b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17,"url":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/links\/","url_meta":{"origin":11,"position":0},"title":"Links","author":"strongs","date":"May 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Relevant outputs by project team members M Neal, \u2018Conscientious Objection, \u201cProper Medical Treatment\u201d, and Professionalism: The Limits of Accommodation for Conscience in Healthcare\u2019 in J. Adenitire (ed) Religious Beliefs and Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State (Hart Publishing, 2019). 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