Pharmacy Ethics

by Smith, Mickey C.; Strauss, Steven; Baldwin, H. John; Alberts, Kelly T.

• ISBN13: 9781560241720
• ISBN10: 1560241721
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: CRC Pr I Llc

Summary

Concerns ethics in the practice of pharmacy. Among the topics discussed are controversial subjects, such as the abortion pill, euthanasia, mail order pharmacies, commercialism, drug substitution, human experimentation and patient rights

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Readings in Pharmacy Ethics
Introduction
Background
Pharmaceutical Ethics	p. 5
Pharmacy Ethics I: Rationale and Perpetuation	p. 20
Pharmacy Ethics II: Development of Pharmacy's Code	p. 24
Theoretical Considerations
The Professional's Responsibility	p. 29
Bioethics and Health Ethics: A Critical Examination of the New Terminology	p. 34
Ethics and the Law
Studies of the Ethical and Legal Problems in Medicine	p. 37
The Dependence of Law on Ethics	p. 52
Law and Ethics in Practice	p. 55
The Pharmacist as a Good Samaritan	p. 65
Codes of Ethics
A Code of Ethics for Pharmacy	p. 69
American Pharmaceutical Association Code of Ethics	p. 74
Code of Ethics of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists	p. 76
Revised Hippocratic Oath	p. 79
Ethics, Education and Students
Policy Recommendation on Ethics Teaching	p. 81
Ethical Behavior	p. 84
If All Pharmacists Were Ethical	p. 86
Social Values and Ethics
Definitions
A Definition of Health	p. 93
The WHO Definition of "Health"	p. 95
Sanctions
Disguising Morals as Medicine	p. 105
Persuasion and Coercion for Health	p. 109
Who Shall Live	p. 131
Health Police	p. 138
Beyond the Supreme Court Ruling on Alcoholism as Willful Misconduct: It Is up to Congress to Act	p. 143
Policy Issues
AIDS in Context: Ethical and Social Implications	p. 146
The Drug Lag	p. 157
Can Progress Be Bought?	p. 161
Old Age and New Policy	p. 165
Options to Control the Rising Health Care Costs of Older Americans	p. 171
Health Care Delivery
Economics and Social Issues
Drugs and the Right to Happiness	p. 179
Voluntary Risks to Health: The Ethical Issues	p. 191
Quality Medical Care: A Definition	p. 203
Drug Rationing	p. 218
Right to Health
The Right to Health Care - Gains and Gaps	p. 223
Medicaid "Boycotts": Economics and Ethics in Conflict	p. 243
Patient Rights
A Patient's Bill of Rights	p. 249
Consumer's Bill of Rights	p. 252
The Pharmacist and the Patient's Rights Movement	p. 253
Prescription Drugs and the Rights of the Individual	p. 257
Social Issues
Death and Dying
Capital Punishment and the Responsible Pharmacist	p. 263
ELT: Exotic Lifesaving Therapy	p. 267
Life-Sustaining Treatment: Refusing It, Withdrawing It, Withholding It, Maintaining It	p. 271
Should Doctors Kill Patients?	p. 284
Contraception and Abortion
Bioethical Decision Making	p. 287
The Abortion Pill	p. 298
The Sexual Revolution and the Pill	p. 302
The Pill for Men	p. 307
Mind Control
The Use of Psychotropic Drugs in State Hospitals: A Legal or Medical Decision?	p. 313
Mind Boggling	p. 319
The Search for a Safe Intoxicant	p. 323
Too Many Tranquilizers?	p. 328
Too Few Tranquilizers?	p. 333
Applications to Medications and Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacist/Patient Relations
Applying Ethics to Community Pharmacy Practice	p. 343
Labeling Patients and Prescriptions	p. 356
The Prescription as a Legitimation of Failure	p. 360
Fear and the Patient	p. 365
Profession Or Business?
Commercialism in Pharmacy - Who's Responsible?	p. 369
Business Ethics in Consultant Pharmacy	p. 371
Cigarette Sales and Smoking in Pharmacies, Health Facilities and Health Agencies	p. 378
Pharmacists and Tobacco	p. 380
Promotion and Selling of Unnecessary Food Supplements: Quackery or Ethical Pharmacy Practice?	p. 385
Medications and Their Uses
Ethical Consideration in Human Experimentation	p. 391
Drugs and Sports	p. 409
New Pharmaceuticals from Genetic Engineering	p. 414
Human Experimentation - Is it Ethical?	p. 418
Pharmacists' Decisions
Substitution as "Gross Immorality"	p. 423
Therapeutic Drug Interchange: The Battle Heats Up!	p. 431
The Pharmacist's Dilemma: Drug Product Selection Using Bioavailability Data	p. 437
Is Mail Order Pharmacy Ethical? No, Says APhA Judicial Board	p. 440
Is Mail Order Pharmacy Ethical? Yes, Says Kansas City Pharmacist	p. 442
Ethical Reasoning in Pharmacy
Cases and Commentary
Detailed Cases and Commentary
Introduction	p. 451
Mary Jones Patient Package Insert	p. 456
Disguising Decreases in Prednisone Dosage	p. 464
Mary M. and Generic Drugs	p. 472
Keith Rutledge: Patient Stockpiling Medication	p. 477
Joan Johnson and Adolescent Confidentiality	p. 484
Sam Coldridge and Kickbacks	p. 493
Employee Rights and Obligations	p. 500
Joe W.: Psychotropic Drugs	p. 506
Sherman K. Jones and Lethal Injection	p. 514
Kim Sherwood: Physician Dispensing	p. 521
Brief Cases
Advertising Prescription Drugs to the Public	p. 527
Retin-A and Chain Advertising	p. 528
Refilling Controlled Drug Prescriptions	p. 529
DMSO	p. 531
Substitution and Welfare Prescriptions	p. 531
Non-Approved Uses	p. 532
"Skimming" on Third Party Prescriptions	p. 533
Refusal of Treatment	p. 534
Non-Approved Uses	p. 534
Confidentiality of Records	p. 534
Refill Policy	p. 535
Medicaid Formulary Decisions	p. 535
Refilling Prescriptions from Another Pharmacy	p. 535
Abortion Pill	p. 536
Impaired Pharmacist	p. 536
Index	p. 539
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