Perspectives

Unresolvable Moral Disagreements and the Ethical Integrity of the Medical Profession

Authors: Frederick Adolf Paola, MD, JD, Stephanie Lolita Anderson, MD, JD, Kristin M. Collier, MD, Jack Coulehan, MD

Abstract

On July 24, 2022, dozens of University of Michigan Medical School students received their white coats, took their oaths, and then walked out of their white coat ceremony (WCC) as the keynote speaker began her address. The walkout was purportedly motivated by past prolife comments the speaker had made, and came days after some 400 alumni, students, and faculty signed a petition unsuccessfully calling for a change of speaker.

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