My mom is best Mom

[Princessofthechaosemerald]

So my mom is taking some Pharmacy courses online, so they have discussion topics and what not. Well, someone posts something...and well just read it. c: In case you're confused, the topic was/is about Plan B.
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OP(not my mom): Our morals and religious beliefs have everything to do with the patient. I agree with you, the patient most likely does not care what religion we believe in or what we think but show me in the law where it says I must sacrifice my own personal beliefs for the personal choices of the patient. Our duty is to protect the patients from themselves. If patients want us to do something that injures them do we respect their wishes or do we allow our personal conscience determine the right outcome?  When it comes to our conscience it matters what we can do within the law. The law protects pharmacy personnel from being forced to violate our conscience.

Reply(my mom): It depends on what state you practice in.

http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/pharmacist-conscience-clauses-laws-and-information.aspx

Obviously this is still a debated matter even within the law. Some states allow the professional not to fill the prescription some do not. Some make provisions for the patient to at least be able to obtain their legally written prescription in another manner (other pharmacy or have a non-objector pharmacist on duty).

If you allow your morals and beliefs to guide whether you will or will not fill a prescription (especially when it is outside your scope of practice to make medical decisions) it is possible your employer could be sued. This has happened many times over the years with pharmacist objectors. The law makes Plan B (using this drug as example) legal and available for anyone 17 or over. End of story.

A tech has no idea what may or may not be going on in a patients private life or with their mental health or with their physical health outside of what the prescriptions they get filled in your pharmacy will tell them. As a pharmacy employee you are in the position of providing someone with medication their DOCTOR decided they needed. (not in the case of Plan B).

In all honesty for all a pharmacy tech might know, the Plan B (only using this drug as an example) might be to cover a wife whos husbands condom broke while they were having intercourse. Additionally, she might be medically unable to support a growing fetus OR be mentally incapable (emotional problems) of having a child. Though she took precautions, she still needs the backup. Now, were I her, I would absolutely NOT tell the tech those intimate details as they are personal and NOT the techs business. I would just expect the tech/pharmacist to fill a legal prescription made available to me by law. I am not prepared to defend the reasons I need a medication. I believe most people would agree with that sentiment.

So maybe sometimes personal morals or beliefs should be set aside considering a person may not know all the details about which they are enforcing their moral beliefs on. So I disagree. Our morals and religious beliefs do NOT have everything to do with the patient. They have everything to do with how a person wants to conduct their OWN life.

Just a thought.
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Posted it here because it's off/topic and what not.