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This decision sounds fine when the doctor is objecting to a procedure that I have no problem with. But the question isn't that simple. Doctors in Nazi prison camps were ordered to conduct all sorts of horrible experiments, and mostly complied. If one of them had stood up and disobeyed, and his memory survived, we'd revere him as a hero. Following one's conscience can never take second-place to shutting up and doing what the authorities tell you to do, and those who follow that principle should be respected, even if they have to be separated from their duties.