Pharmacists balk at filling some prescriptions because of beliefs
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005 at 11:45 pm
Some pharmacists around the country are refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control and morning-after pills, saying that dispensing the medications violates their personal moral or religious beliefs.
Read more at: Boston.com
I am sorry but if you are unable or unwilling to carry out the job functions (and all of the job functions), then you should be replaced with someone who will. Would it be acceptable for a pharmacist to refuse to dispense coumadin, albuterol, or any other medication? Would it be acceptable for me to refuse to do any lifting of patients in my job as an EMT/ED Tech? Of course not. These are requirements, and they exist for a reason. If we allow pharmacists to pick and choose which medications they wish to dispense, then we allow them to ignore the rule of law. I hate to use the slippery slope argument, but what next? Refusing care to patients is what is morally wrong.
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Sonja Says:
That is a strange coincidence ! I was reading the ” West Australian” one hour ago and it ran the same story about Australian doctors and pharmacists. Many refuse to dispense the ” morning after pill” because of moral or religious reasons. Do the newsmedia constantly copy from each other ? By the way, rheumatologists are in very short supply in New Zealand. Up to one year wait to get an appointment. Same as in Ireland. Maybe you should consider this. Easy hours and pays very well ( so far ). Love, Papa
Yup, it’s called globalization.
But boring, so thanks, but no thanks.