Hello, everyone. I am giving a presentation soon on whether or not pro-life healthcare providers should be allowed to deny perscriptions on the basis of conscience. Basically, should they be allowed to deny such perscriptions as "morning-after" drugs, contraception, viagra, etc.?
The presentation is designed to spark a debate of opinions. I am not looking for opinions here, but laws and facts to add to the presentation. Does anyone know the laws about this matter, or where to find references to them? Are doctors and pharmacists currently obligated to perscribe everything, or are they allowed to deny?
Again, please, I am not looking for opinions right now, only laws and facts. I will be getting plenty of opinions when I give the presentation. Thanks! :)
2007-04-01 13:57:19 · 3 answers · asked by Sara 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They are in a position to help the patient. If they wish to not help the patient then they should not be in this job. It's just like a doctor working in a military field. Even though it's the enemy he must take care of that patient just like he would one of the guys on his side.
2007-04-01 14:36:47 · answer #1 · answered by caffeyw 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The child abuse law is failure to get a child the appropriate medical intervention is medical neglect, and if the child dies, which many have, that is a homocide!
Should they deny, no they should not, or they need to get out of the business, There is such a thing as the Hypocratic oath, malpractice, and with intent, if someone dies, murder.
How can a pharmacy refuse to fill a prescription? Maybe a pharmacist, but they are looking at being terminated!
If you can't do your job without your personal views getting in the way, you should not be doing it!
"Pharmacists are regulated by state laws and can face disciplinary action from licensing boards. But the only case that has gotten that far involves Neil Noesen, who in 2002 refused to fill a University of Wisconsin student's prescription for birth-control pills at a Kmart in Menomonie, Wis., or transfer the prescription elsewhere.
An administrative judge last month recommended Noesen be required to take ethics classes, alert future employers to his beliefs and pay what could be as much as $20,000 to cover the costs of the legal proceedings. The state pharmacy board will decide whether to impose that penalty next month.
Wisconsin is one of at least 11 states considering "conscience-clause" laws that would protect pharmacists like Noesen. Four states have laws that specifically allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions that violate their beliefs. At the same time, at least four states are considering laws that would explicitly require pharmacists to fill all prescriptions.
The American Pharmacists Association recently reaffirmed its policy that pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions as long as they make sure customers can get their medications some other way.
The alternative system can include making sure another pharmacist is on duty who can take over or making sure another pharmacy nearby is willing to fill the prescription, said Susan Winckler, the association's vice president for policy and communications.
"The key is that it should be seamless and avoids a conflict between the pharmacist's right to step away and the patient's right to obtain their medication," she said. "
There are many states who have passed laws allowing some to refuse, but only if someone who is available to fill it.
Denying women to fulfil a birth control prescription is going way to far overboard, and is the next target for pro-lifers, an oxymoron! What next, deny an aids patient their medication.
Next were are going to have the Jehova's witnesses shuting down pharmacy's period and make all the rest of us just pray!
I am religious, but I am not a fruit case!
2007-04-01 21:21:29 · answer #2 · answered by cantcu 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do you actually think that a person in a position of power (i.e., a physican or pharmacist) has the right to impose their bias on others in a way that will not only significantly impact the physical and psychological well-being of another human being, but also that person's entire future?? That's a naive and ridiculous notion. NO, professionals do not have the right to abuse their power and impose their narcissistic biases on others. It's not legal, nor is it ethical or humane.
2007-04-01 21:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋