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Published Online, 16 October 2007, www.theannals.com, DOI 10.1345/aph.1K312.
 The Annals of Pharmacotherapy: Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 1903-1905. DOI 10.1345/aph.1K312
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Healthcare without Conscience—Unconscionable!

Gene Rudd, MD

Senior Vice President, Christian Medical & Dental Associations, 2604 Highway 421, PO Box 7500, Bristol, TN 37621, fax 423/844-1017, gene.rudd{at}cmda.org

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The American public and government response to media reports of pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions due to moral objections could fundamentally alter health care. Denying one group of citizens the right to act on their conscience puts each citizen in jeopardy of losing First Amendment rights. Denying healthcare professionals the right to act on their conscience puts patients at risk of being cared for by those who are less than professional, those whose character attributes essential to quality care are compromised. We can define better solutions for access to legal prescriptions and therapies without demanding that healthcare professionals become complicit in activities they deem immoral.

Published Online, October 16, 2007. www.theannals.com, DOI 10.1345/aph.1K312




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