Oral+Presentation+Case+4

= Oral Presentation Case 4 =

//You have taken a position as pharmacist manager of a large pharmacy in a rural town. It is the only pharmacy within a 100km radius. The owner of the pharmacy has very strong religious beliefs and refuses to keep or supply the Emergency Contraceptive Pill in the pharmacy or to provide information about it. You feel very differently about the issue and do not feel comfortable to refuse requests for the product. What are the ethical dilemmas?//

Rights and Duties
- **TRUTH**: regarding the ECP and any other medicines - **AUTONOMY**: to make informed decisions relating to their treatment - **ACCESSIBILITY:** to all legal medicines in Australia
 * The rights of the customer:**

- Providing complete truthful and accurate information to clients regarding professional services. - Respecting the client’s autonomy and decisions regarding their own health - Making the health and wellbeing of both clients and the community their primary concern - Uphold reputation of the profession at all times - Ensure continuity of care
 * The duties of the pharmacist:**

Consequentialism
- compromise patient healthcare and wellbeing, patient gets pregnant (abortion, unwanted child, premarital pregnancy, financial difficulty etc) - not respecting patient autonomy and not upholding reputation of profession (psa code of conducts)- lost of trust in consumers and pharmacy profession
 * To not supply**

- betray owner, may get fired, loss of income - but patient's wellbeing is looked after - in this scenario it is impossible to take this course of action as the ECP is not kept in the pharmacy, therefore the only rational and ethical action is the one below.
 * To supply**

- not supply EC, but provide education and info on the location of the nearest facility that could provide EC
 * Alternative decision**

Example
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