Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Should pharmacists market their beliefs? Is there a line to be drawn?
The opening of a "pro-life" pharmacy in Chantilly, VA certainly brings up a slew of ethical issues. Beyond the immediate actions of this particular pharmacist, at what point can and should a health worker deny services or access based on their personal beliefs? Please discuss.
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You draw the line at the law. Period. If contraception is legal, you dispense it. You don't hand out arsenic or digitalis for someone to off their spouse. If you don't believe in contraception, fine. Don't use it, but there's nothing in your training, oath or licensing that gives you the right or authority to impose your belief system on a patient who has come to you for treatment. If you cannot accept that the whole world does not believe as you do, it's time to get out of the medical field altogether and find something where you can follow your own standards without harming others.
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