Study of Legal Problems and the Judicial Normative on Post-Coital Interception (PCI) in Primary Care

Abstract

The judicial normative related to prescription and dispensation of post-coital interception should not be evaluated only from a legal perspective but should be complemented with deontological and ethical norms which guide the health professional practice. Also, the prescription should not be given indiscriminately but taking into consideration certain cases such as those of minors and sexual aggression.

It is fundamental that legal concerns should be well defined which would help for a better management of this kind of problems so that doubts in this matter will not influence in decision making in health professional practice.

Lack of information or ambiguity may potentiate a defensive kind of medical practice which may prevent development of individual or collective concerns of physicians in health matters and also would be detrimental to medical attention given to patients, as well as creating a great variability in decision making among professionals.