Pharmacy EthicsCRC Press, 1991 M05 16 - 555 pages Pharmacy Ethics is certain to be heartily welcomed by all members of the pharmaceutical profession. It is the first guide to professional ethics written specifically for pharmacy professionals. This invaluable new book features select readings and cases on the topic of ethics. The previously published readings and original cases were selected based on a national survey of pharmacy faculty. Readers will be challenged by the selection of thought-provoking, controversial articles on such topics as refilling controlled drug prescriptions, patient stockpiling of medication, the abortion pill, lethal injection, patient rights, commercialism, human experimentation, mail order pharmacy, and much more.Highlights of Pharmacy Ethics include:
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Contents
BACKGROUND | 5 |
Rationale and Perpetuation | 20 |
SANCTIONS | 23 |
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 29 |
ETHICS AND THE | 37 |
The Dependence of Law on Ethics | 52 |
The Pharmacist as a Good Samaritan | 65 |
Pharmacists | 76 |
PATIENT RIGHTS | 249 |
DEATH AND DYING | 263 |
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Should Doctors Kill Patients? | 284 |
CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION | 287 |
MIND CONTROL | 313 |
PHARMACISTPATIENT RELATIONS | 343 |
PROFESSION OR BUSINESS? | 369 |
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