Re: Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu Jul 7 11:20:24 2005
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And I suppose Most Pharmacists feel ALL Ob-Gyns should be required to
provide abortion services ...
art
At Thu, 7 Jul 2005, art fougner, md wrote:
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>Most Doctors Think Pharmacists Should Be Allowed To Dispense EC, Required To
>Fill All Prescriptions, Survey Says
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>Access this story and related links online:
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>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=31224
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>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).
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>Dean Huffman
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art fougner, md
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