Abstract
The purpose of this commentary is to attempt to provide some insight into conscience-clause cases from the perspective of a pharmacist and an academician. Health professionals, including pharmacists, have a social contract with the patients we serve in which the patients give us a level of status not given to non-professionals, and, in return, we agree to put the interests of our patients above our own. Therefore, any discussion of a right-to-refuse service needs to begin with a discussion of the duties and responsibilities of the health professional to the patient.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 7301 |
Pages (from-to) | 133-135 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American journal of pharmaceutical education |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Clinical ethics
- Health professions
- Moral duties
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy students
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Pharmacy
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics