Refusals by pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception: A critique

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1148-1151

  Wall, L Lewis ^a   Brown, Douglas ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMAN; LAW; MORALITY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646777466     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000214951.46283.40     Document Type: Review

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