Ask a Patient Opinion Poll
Should pharmacies be required to fill your prescription, even if the pharmacist has moral or religious objections to the potential use of the drug?
(Total Votes: 865)
Yes (82.4%) | |
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No (12.5%) | |
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Not sure (5.1%) | |
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Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)
• It's no different from a cashier refusing to sell you cigs or beer.
• Perhaps they should be in a profession where they dont feel the need to choose for others...
• Had this happen to me, pharmacist refused to fill my rx! Boycot Rite Aid!
• Absolutely! This is a matter between a doctor and patient.
• Science does not morality make
• Either pharmacists are professionals or not; if professionals, they must abide by a code of ethics,
• i think they should mention their concerns
• Yes, unless they think its harmful to the persons health
• If the pharmacy is privately owned by the pharmacist, no. Otherwise, yes.
• singulair
• No pharmacist has to violate hir or her conscience.
• Not the pharmacists job to judge
• I believe that if a pharmacist doesn't want to fill certain prescriptions then he should state that
• being a pharmacist is a job and their personal opinion should not affect my personal life.
• absolutely
• In Dubya's 'Merica...I wouldn't be surprised.
• Not a pharmacists job to jge your moral charcter before prescribing!
• pharmicists advocate for patients, not the other way around.
• Why is this even a question in the United States of America?!
• A pharmacist should always be required to fill all presciptions personal opinions are irrelavent
• A pharmacist has no right to impose their personal beliefs on others
• If they have problems filling prescriptions they need to find another line of work.
• Pharmacists are there to give you your drug. Otherwise they may need to find a new job.
• yes because it is their job and they do not know what is going on between the person and their pdoc.
• Wrong job if you can't perform it!
• Any other pharmacist that has no problem can fill the prescription.
• its his job, if he has morals he should not be in that profession.
• Pharmacists are not doctors and are not qualified to decide which drugs we need.
• too many different religions and moralities to let this be decided by a pharmascist or one person
• unless he owns the drug store
• If a parmacist is having moral issues with perscriptions they fill they should rethink their career.
• tHEIR RELIGION SHOULD NOT HAVE ANTHING TO DO WITH MY HEALTH THAT IS MY CHOICE
• Let the pharmacist quit his job if he's not going to do it right!
• yes
• today it's emergency contraception.. what will it be next week if this doesn't stop?
• yes
• I don't pay a Pharmacist for his/her moral or religious opinions. They are they to fill Dr. Orders.
• Yes, only beacuse they chose that profession knowing that they would have to fill prescriptions
• Yes, a pharmacist is just that, and not the doctor who knows best.
• Absolutely!
• IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY NEED TO GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS
• They have monopoly power, and are regulated.
• no one forces you to become a pharmacist
• Of course!! And if not, they should lose their jobs. Their objections have no bearing whatsoever.
• religion shhould have nothing to do with filling a prescription
• If they're not prepared to, they shouldn't be pharmacists
• Their job is to fill prescriptions, not to get on a moral soapbox.
• Yes because hey are not the one taking the med . They can tell you about the drug and warn you but
• Morality cannot be inmposed.
• It's their job to fill what I need to live, and so be it that it is birth control. It's my life!!
• It is a pharmacist's job.
• A pharmacist should fill all prescriptions or change profession
• when he was given his license, I doubt anybody asked him his religion. As with an MD. "first do no h
• Hell yes they should dispense the medicine, or get a new job.
• get a new job if yoour religion prevents legal obligiation.
• it does not matter what the pharmasist personal opinions are, it is between the doctor and patient
• yasmin
• Another pharmacist with no qualms can do it instead.
• their religion is not to be confounding the ability to do their job
• Yes. The pharmacist cannot override the government's control of drugs. If they want change lobby!
• Witnessed Doctors Banning Meds, Never Pharmacists.
• Job is to provide the prescriptions, watch for conflicts between drugs, and educate, not withhold
• Rx to disp. drugs that make tits on males? Surgeons Cutting for MONEY vs helping ones Head 1st.
• A pharmacist should be fired for not filling a valid prescription.
• Where will it end? Will my pharamcist object to my use of HRT or Meridia for obesity?
• what the hell does medicine have to do with religeon
• absolutely, it is their job!
• no way!go somewhere else that does!
• might save pt's life
• They should go to jail if they don't!
• no
• yes ,if it prescribed
• no
• It is his job to inform the patient / give an opinion. Your health is your responsibility!
• proving it is doctor authorized!
• Don't impose your religious beliefs on me. Pill my prescription and shut up.
• You're free to take your $ elsewhere
• yes
• They've a job to do, they should mind their business and do it
• hell yeah. That's their job.
• Defintely without a doubt. They should lose their pharm. license if they try to pull that shit
• None of their business what medication it is!
• Pharmcists as the keepers of morality ? Please!!!!!
• yes it's not about their beliefs its about yours
• IT SHOULDNT MATTER IT'S MY LIFE AND I WILL LIVE IT BECAUSE I CHOOSE WHATS RIGHT FOR ME AND MY BODY
• they should do it anyway
• They are pharmacists, not God and if they can't fill the Rx they should find a different career.
• whith out a doubt
• Absolutely, Opinion or persoanl belief has no place in the decision
• Medical providers must treat patients regardless of personal opinions. Pharmacists are no different.
• They are in a profession that requires them to provide care to a patient, not make moral judgements.
• Unless they suspect that you will attempt suicide with the medication, they have nothing to say!
• Unless they suspect that you will attempt suicide with the medication, they have nothing to say!
• It's not their place to say what you need, it's the doctors.
• It should be the company's choice, the pharm. has a choice whether to work there or not.
• it is not up to the pharmacist to decide whether or not you take the medication
• Like I need a pharmacist to make my choices for me - not!decision
• A pharmacist first must do the job that they are employed to do, fill perscriptions, period.
• the pharmacist should mind his own bussines
• it is a professional obligation
• you are the one being treated, not the pharmacist
• It's their job!
• yes
• Shop with your feet if the drug your dr perscribed is not stocked by a pharmacy-go elsewhere.
• It's my decision
• Not All Pharms Cont To Sell ALL FDA DRUGs After Reading Neg Side Affects On Patients.This Choice =No
• They should do their jobs and go to church on Sunday!
• Absolutely! No pharmacist should let their personal feelings affect them filling scripts!!!!
• It should be the doc's decision what meds you get, not the pharm's.
• They should not be required to assist in murder/
• yes, their job is to dispence and advise..NOT decide and treat
• If they have a problem then they're in the wrong job
• pharmacist=NOT a Dr.
• NO THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MORALS IN THIS WORLD!!!
• they need to find another line of work not dealing with the public
• Pharmacist needs to separate work from church just like church and state
• They need to do their job. Not impose their opinion on others.
• if one pharmacist has an objection another one there should fill it
• If the pharmacist can't do it, he should get another job.
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