Pharmacist Ethics

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the pharmacist code of ethics to illuminate the importance of them maintaining professional ethical behavior. The paper describes their services of dispensing medications, showing consideration and compassion to customers and watching for suspected fraud attempts. The paper maintains that it is important for the integrity of the entire profession that each and every pharmacist conduct him/herself following a strict code of professional ethics.

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Introduction
Ethics
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Few people consider the responsibilities of a pharmacist when they drop off and pick up their medication prescriptions, however, there are many duties and responsibilities that the pharmacist must follow if one wants to maintain their certification. In addition to the certification maintenance it is important for pharmacists to understand that the people that come to them do so with trust and they owe it to those customers to respond with honesty, integrity and care every single time they come in. Pharmacists handle many medications that have a street value for drug dealers, they dispense medications that could potentially have interactions with other foods or drugs the customer is using and they are often asked questions about illnesses or symptoms in the hope that the customer can avoid a doctor visit."

Sample of Sources Used:

• A Pharmacist's Guide to Prescription Fraud http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/pharmguide.htm
• Rights vs. Responsibilities: Professional Standards and Provider Refusals By Adam Sonfield http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/tgr/08/3/gr080307.html
• (CODE OF ETHICS FOR PHARMACISTS http://www.aphanet.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2809)
• Pharmacists' Rights at Front Of New Debate Because of Beliefs, Some Refuse To Fill Birth Control Prescriptions
• Stein, Robert (2005) Pharmacists' Rights at Front Of New DebateBecause of Beliefs, Some Refuse To Fill Birth Control Prescriptionshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5490-2005Mar27.html

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