{"id":16978,"date":"2010-05-22T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16978"},"modified":"2023-02-10T19:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T03:47:34","slug":"crisis-of-conscience-pharmacist-refusal-to-provide-health-care-services-on-moral-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16978","title":{"rendered":"Crisis of Conscience: Pharmacist Refusal to Provide Health Care Services on Moral Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eileen P Kelly,  Aimee Dars Ellis,  Susan PS Rosenthal<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"151\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/employeeresponrightsj.jpg\" alt=\"Employee Responsibility and Rights Journal\" class=\"wp-image-17119\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Employee Responsibility and Rights Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Advances in technology have resulted in medical procedures and practices that were unthought-of in previous generations. Embryonic stem cell research, abortifacients, birth control, and artificial insemination are just a few examples of these technological advances. While many individuals readily embrace such medical advances, others find them morally objectionable. A contentious national debate is now occurring over whether employee pharmacists have the right to refuse to fill legal prescriptions for emergency contraception because of conscientious objections. In the United States, existing public policy is somewhat muddled in both protecting and encroaching on the employee pharmacist&#8217;s right of refusal. This article discusses the legal and ethical nature of that controversy, as well as the clash of interests, rights and responsibilities between employers, employee pharmacists and customers from a U.S. perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly EP, Ellis AD, Rosenthal SP. <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10672-010-9142-2\">Crisis of Conscience: Pharmacist Refusal to Provide Health Care Services on Moral Grounds<\/a>. Employee Responsibilities and Rights J. 2011 May 22;23(1):37-54. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eileen P Kelly, Aimee Dars Ellis, Susan PS Rosenthal AbstractAdvances in technology have resulted in medical procedures and practices that were unthought-of in previous generations. Embryonic stem cell research, abortifacients, birth control, and artificial insemination are just a few examples of these technological advances. While many individuals readily embrace such medical advances, others find them &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16978\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crisis of Conscience: Pharmacist Refusal to Provide Health Care Services on Moral Grounds&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,1133,554,2,559,825],"tags":[1919,1918,1920],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-16978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-artificial-reproduction","category-embryonic-experimentation","category-ethics","category-journal-article","category-law","category-pharmacy","tag-aimee-dars-ellis","tag-eileen-p-kelly","tag-susan-ps-rosenthal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 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