{"id":11832,"date":"2009-07-01T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11832"},"modified":"2023-01-23T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:27:33","slug":"the-pharmacists-obligations-to-patients-dependent-or-independent-of-the-physicians-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11832","title":{"rendered":"The Pharmacist’s Obligations to Patients: Dependent or Independent of the Physician’s Obligations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jason V Altilio<\/h4>\n\n\n
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The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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It has been 40 years since the seminal papers on pharmacy\u2019s status as a profession sparked debate about the pharmacist\u2019s role in health care, yet the questions they raised are just as poignant today as they were then. The issue of pharmacy\u2019s status as a profession and its role in health care has again been brought into question, albeit in a roundabout manner, through discussions over the pharmacist\u2019s right to refrain from dispensing emergency contraception. The key to understanding the contemporary pharmacist\u2019s role as part of the health care team, as well as the pharmacist\u2019s alleged right to refrain from dispensing emergency contraception, is to examine a situation that almost every contemporary pharmacist experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Altilio JV. The Pharmacist’s Obligations to Patients: Dependent or Independent of the Physician’s Obligations?<\/a> J Law Med Ethics. 2009;37(2):358-368. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jason V Altilio Journal ExtractIt has been 40 years since the seminal papers on pharmacy\u2019s status as a profession sparked debate about the pharmacist\u2019s role in health care, yet the questions they raised are just as poignant today as they were then. 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