Accessibility links
Teaching the Ethics of Pharmacy Earlier this month, the governor of Illinois ordered pharmacists in the state to dispense birth control regardless of their ethical objections to it. Laurie Rice, professor of law and ethics at the University of California at San Francisco, describes the ethics instruction she gives to her own pharmacy students.

Health Care

Teaching the Ethics of Pharmacy

Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday

Teaching the Ethics of Pharmacy

Listen
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4616776/4616777" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Earlier this month, the governor of Illinois ordered pharmacists in the state to dispense birth control regardless of their ethical objections to it. Laurie Rice, professor of law and ethics at the University of California at San Francisco, describes the ethics instruction she gives to her own pharmacy students.

Copyright © 2005 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.

NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.