Julie Cantor and Ken Baum | the Limits of Conscientious

question 49

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.
-Because pharmacists are privy to personal information through prescriptions, the potential for abuse points to a need for ___________ care.

• A) judgmental
• B) prejudiced
• C) biased
• D) unbiased

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Definitions:

Nerve Cell Bodies

Also known as neurons, these are the part of the nerve cell that contains the nucleus and most of the cytoplasm.

Central Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord, responsible for processing and sending out neural signals.

Ganglia

Structures containing a collection of nerve cell bodies, typically located outside the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

Synapse

The junction between two neurons or a neuron and a muscle where signal transmission occurs.