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- Title
Using Pharmacies in Washington State To Expand Access to Emergency Contraception.
- Authors
Wells, Elisa S.; Hutchings, Jane; Gardner, Jacqueline S.; Winkler, Jennifer L.; Fuller, Timothy S.; Downing, Don; Sharer, Rod
- Abstract
The article describes preliminary results from an innovative project to expand access to emergency contraceptive pills by promoting collaboration between pharmacists and independent prescribers in the provision of emergency contraception. Throughout the United States, pharmacists play an important role in health care. In addition to filling prescriptions, they often serve as sources of in- formation about a variety of health issues, monitor a patient's overall use of medications and offer referrals to other health care providers. Collaborative drug therapy agreements for emergency contraception, for example, would allow pharmacists to prescribe this therapy directly to women, either in response to an immediate need or in advance of need. The degree of authority to write prescription delegated to pharmacists varies by state, depending upon the legislation governing pharmacy practice and its interpretation. Generally, however, collaborative agreements allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense certain drug therapies directly to clients.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CONTRACEPTIVES; PHARMACISTS; BIRTH control; MEDICAL care; CONTRACEPTION; BIRTH control clinics
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, Vol 30, Issue 6, p288
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2991505