emergency contraception. Emergency contraceptives or morning-after pills are a fiery topic. Some pharmacists are refusing to dispense morning-after pills because it is against their beliefs. Imagine yourself in the position of needing this medication. Should the beliefs of the pharmacist outweigh your rights as the patient? For me‚ the answer would be a resounding no. According to The Code of Ethics for Pharmacists ("Pharmacist.com‚" 1994)‚ adopted by the membership of the American Pharmacists Association
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For more than 6 years not the citizens of Chicago were able to purchase the emergency contraception called Plan B or commonly known as “The Morning after Pill”. The rule first was put in place by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich after state officials received complaints that pharmacists were refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception‚ commonly sold under the brand name “Plan B.” after the law passed it allowed anyone that was eligible to purchase the pill can just request for it at the
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side for prescription Plan B‚ researchers focus on birth control needing a prescription and the safety of self-administration. On the side for over-the-counter status‚ researchers focus on condoms not needing a prescription and seeking help from pharmacists instead of doctors. Representing the side for prescription usage is Dr. Christopher Gacek and Moira Gaul of the Family Research Council. In their article “Plan B: A Grave Threat to Women’s Health” published in August of 2006‚ Gacek argues‚ “Birth
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UNIT 80 UNIT CODE: F/601/4056 1.1 Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings There are different legislations that govern the use of medication within social care settings: THE MEDICINES ACT 1968 THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971 THE SAFER MANAGEMENT OF CONTROLLED DRUGS 2006 THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1974 THE CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH REGULATIONS (COSHH) HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATIONS 2005 MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005 THE
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Conscientious Objection Case Summery Mr. Harry Rogers is a pharmacist working at a small community hospital for six years. He made a request concerning Conscientious Objection based on his new religious beliefs. One of the main functions of a pharmacist is to dispense medications. Harry Rogers chose to be a pharmacist prior to his religious conversion. However‚ his new beliefs are conflicting with his duties on the grounds of filling up abortion drugs as well as filling prescriptions for a physician
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Unit 39- Support Use of Medication in Social care Settings A)1.1 The Medicine act 1968 Governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor. According to the law (The Medicines Act 1968) medicines can be given by a third party‚ e.g. a suitably-trained care worker‚ to the person that they were intended
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Cited: Jumaralli‚ and Zulaika. "Pharmacists VS. the Pill." Essence 36 (2005): 132. EBSCOhost. EBSCOhost. University of Phoenix‚ Tucson. 4 Aug. 2007. Keyword: birth control. Morahan‚ Lawrence "National Womens Law Center Expanding the Possibilities." National Womens Law Center. 2006. 4 Aug
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conscience...") but they have to understand other people’s moral grounds and priorities and not meddle into other people’s personal lives ("But the drugstore is not an altar. The last time I looked‚ the pharmacist’s license did not include the right to dispense morality."). Goodman illuminates how conscience clauses starts to increasingly empower and gives people opportunities to make choices based on their moral beliefs to the point of inconveniencing people; It starts with laws of exempting doctors in
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from federal and state government‚ it is a challenge to dispense these products over an online system. To be a licensed pharmacy that dispenses drugs‚ both the pharmacy and pharmacist must be licensed by the state board of pharmacy. Internet sales complicate this requirement because of the likelihood that the requested drugs will be shipped out of state. Compiling with the home state as well as shipping state laws are something both pharmacists and pharmacies are required to do before the interstate
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village‚ which is far from city. The doctor provides and gives medicines for his/her patients. Providing and giving medicines to patients are known as dispensing medicines. Doctors who dispense medicine are directly giving medicine to a patient without writing a doctor’s receipt. The activity of doctor who dispense medicine in remote areas has been regulated in Regulation about Medical Practices No. 29 Year 2004 Article 35 section 1 (i) & (j). This regulation allows doctors to store medicines in limited
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