{"id":10595,"date":"2021-03-01T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2021-03-14T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:07:40","slug":"assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia-pharmacists-must-also-have-the-right-to-conscientious-objection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10595","title":{"rendered":"Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: pharmacists must also have the right to conscientious objection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelifeinstitute.net\/blog\/2021\/assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia-pharmacists-must-also-have-the-right-to-conscientious-objection\"><em>Life Institute Blog<\/em><\/a><br><em>Reproduced with permission<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bernadette Flood<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/medicalpharmacist003.jpg\" alt=\"Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: pharmacists must also have the right to conscientious objection\" class=\"wp-image-10598\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In jurisdictions where euthanasia and\/or assisted suicide is legal, experience shows there are profound implications for pharmacy practice.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/ethics\/ethics097.aspx#001.\">1<\/a> Little attention in the current euthanasia debate has been paid to the role of Irish pharmacists. Pharmacists are employed&nbsp; in the Irish healthcare system in a variety of locations: hospital, long term care, care of vulnerable populations, community, academia\/research, education, industry, palliative care\/hospice care, legislation, policy, drug information, HIQA etc. All may be challenged professionally and personally if euthanasia and assisted suicide are introduced. . . . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/ethics\/ethics097.aspx\">continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Institute BlogReproduced with permission Bernadette Flood In jurisdictions where euthanasia and\/or assisted suicide is legal, experience shows there are profound implications for pharmacy practice.1 Little attention in the current euthanasia debate has been paid to the role of Irish pharmacists. Pharmacists are employed&nbsp; in the Irish healthcare system in a variety of locations: hospital, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10595\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: pharmacists must also have the right to conscientious objection&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,508,162,41],"tags":[275],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethical-commentary","category-euthanasia","category-ireland","tag-pharmacists"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: pharmacists must also have the right to conscientious objection - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is unequal, unfair &amp; unjust that Irish pharmacists &amp; pharmacy students are excluded from protection for freedom of conscience\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/ethics\/ethics097.aspx\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: pharmacists must also have the right to conscientious objection - 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