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"A narrow and frankly totalitarian view of
professional practice"
Ontario, Canada (2005)
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Code of Ethics for
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Principle Four |
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Yet More
Pharmacists Who Don’t Understand Ethics: This Time Ontario
(Reproduced with permission)
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Freedom of Conscience
Service or Servitude:
The
Silence of Good People In Defence of the New Heretics Autonomy, Justice, and Accommodation
Pharmacy Colleges
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by Iain
T. Benson© The Ontario Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (“HPRAC”) is holding hearings with respect to a variety of health professional groups. One of these is the Pharmacists and Pharmacy technicians. Information on this and the various submissions made to this body may be viewed at: http://www.hprac.org/english/pageDisplay.asp?webDocID=5176#pharmacy On March 22, 2005 the Ontario College of Pharmacists made a submission to the HPRAC. Appendix 5 of this submission dealt with the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. . . Most interesting is Principle 4 which states:
Well, go figure. For pharmacists and pharmacy technicians the accommodation of religious belief and conscience guaranteed by Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms will be suspended should this principle go ahead as drafted. This is not the approach taken by doctors and the Canadian Medical Association would not endorse this blunt and unfair kind of principle. Why are Pharmacists deemed to be so different as citizens or professionals that they cannot exercise the full rights of other citizens and professionals? Why indeed. There are some by invitation only “focus groups” going ahead this month in Sudbury and Windsor and Ottawa but the deadline for comment has passed. It might be possible, however, for concerned individuals or groups to make an appearance and express their views. If you go to this site, you can find out information on who to contact to make a submission. But the dates for the focus groups are as follows and here is the information below. September 13, 2005 – Sudbury For further information please contact: Karen Lane, Consultation Co-ordinator Needless to say, all those concerned with the freedom of expression and belief and the autonomy of citizens (not just health care users but providers as well) ought to be concerned about this unfair and likely unconstitutional approach taken by yet another group of pharmacists. Just where did these people learn their ethics and who is advising them as to the law in Canada? It is time that they dug a little deeper and examined why the doctors do not take the same narrow and frankly totalitarian view of professional practice. |
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Protection
of Conscience Project www.consciencelaws.org
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ADVISORY BOARD Janet Ajzenstat, B.A.,M.A. Ph.d Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Dr. Shahid Athar, M.D. J. Budziszewski, Ph.d Dr. John Fleming, Dr. Henk Jochemsen, Ph.D David Novak, Lynn D. Wardle, J.D. PROJECT TEAM Michael Markwick
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19 September, 2005 (By Fax) Mr. George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long Term Care, 80 Grosvenor St, 10th Flr, Hepburn Block Toronto ON M7A 2C4 Dear Mr. Smitherman:
What is at issue here is a draft code of ethics for Ontario’s
pharmacists that would authorize persecution of any pharmacist who
refuses to dispense drugs for reasons of conscience. You can obtain
further information about this proposal at
http://www.consciencelaws.org/Repression-Conscience/Conscience-Repression-44.htm. |
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