Conscientious objection… a pharmacist’s perspective

Abstract

Pharmacists are also human! Every individual pharmacist has his own religious beliefs, personal values, cultural traditions, needs and concerns, and perhaps even fears and phobias. According to the New Dictionary of Medical Ethics4, conscientious objection is “to object in principle to a legally required or permitted practice”.

This article explores the rights and responsibilities of pharmacists to practise pharmaceutical care according to the dictates of their
conscience but without allowing their own personal convictions to jeopardize the care of the patient.