Julie Cantor and Ken Baum | the Limits of Conscientious

question 54

Multiple Choice

Julie Cantor and Ken Baum | The Limits of Conscientious Objection-May Pharmacists Refuse to Fill Prescriptions for Emergency Contraception?
Cantor and Baum present detailed arguments for and against giving pharmacists the right to refuse emergency contraception to patients. They also discuss the dilemma pharmacists face in balancing their medical obligations to patients, such as duty to care, with their own moral beliefs. Since courts have ruled that moral objections must be balanced with the burden imposed on others, they conclude that pharmacists who object to filling prescriptions for emergency contraception should be required to provide alternatives for patients.
-The recent decision by the FDA on not granting over-the-counter status to emergency contraception

• A) allowed women to obtain it without a prescription.
• B) took away the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill these prescriptions.
• C) made it easier to obtain in time to be efficacious.
• D) continued to make it harder to obtain in time to be efficacious.

Acknowledge the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of economics.

Understand the concept of opportunity cost and how it is measured.

Identify the factors influencing opportunity cost and its relevance to decision-making.

Apply the principles of opportunity cost and comparative advantage to real-life scenarios.

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