Over-the-Counter Availability of Plan B Emergency Contraception: Further Discussion and Commentary | Zendy

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Over-the-Counter Availability of Plan B Emergency Contraception: Further Discussion and Commentary

Author(s) -

Jack E. Fincham,

Curtis E. Harris,

William E. Fassett,

Warren Richards

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

annals of pharmacotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926

H-Index - 113

eISSN - 1542-6270

pISSN - 1060-0280

DOI - 10.1345/aph.1e649

Subject(s) - viewpoints , medicine , annals , plan (archaeology) , alternative medicine , panel discussion , nagging , public relations , emergency contraception , engineering ethics , law , family planning , political science , population , psychotherapist , psychology , art , ancient history , environmental health , archaeology , pathology , advertising , research methodology , engineering , business , visual arts , history

The controversy surrounding the potential switch of the Plan B emergency contraceptive therapy from prescription to over-thecounter status has been unprecedented. Regulatory, professional, and societal aspects of this issue have been discussed recently and will no doubt continue to be debated. In this editorial, members of the Medicine, Law, and Ethics panel of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy's Editorial Board offer a sampling of viewpoints touching on varying aspects of the controversy. Readers may wish to consider the ramifications of their professional decisions in this and similar situations in advance of having to make such decisions.

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