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Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says From: art fougner, md (dean@thehuffpeople.net) Thu Jul 7 09:57:50 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Chicago Tribune Examines How IVF Could Be Next Target of Some Antiabortion Advocates" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says" Reply: art fougner, md: "Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says" .. Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says Access this story and related links online: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=31224 A majority of U.S. physicians think pharmacists should be able to dispense emergency contraception without a doctor's prescription and should be required to fill all EC prescriptions, regardless of their personal or religious objections, according to a recent survey, Reuters Health reports. HCD Research, a New Jersey-based marketing and communications research company, surveyed 824 physicians nationwide, 26% of whom were Jewish, 25% Protestant, 20% Catholic, 3% Hindu and 1% Muslim or Buddhist. About 65% of respondents said pharmacists should be allowed to dispense EC without a prescription to all customers, and 78% said they should have the authority to dispense the drug if the customer is at least 18 years old. In addition, 78% of doctors surveyed said state laws should require pharmacists to fill all valid prescriptions, regardless of religious or moral objections to certain drugs. Nationwide, some pharmacists have refused to fill prescriptions for EC -- which can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse -- and other prescription contraceptives because of their religious objections to contraception or abortion. Lawmakers in several states have proposed legislation to protect such pharmacists, while other lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require pharmacists to fill all prescriptions (Reuters Health, 7/5). Dean Huffman Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Chicago Tribune Examines How IVF Could Be Next Target of Some Antiabortion Advocates" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says" Reply: art fougner, md: "Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says"

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