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Joy Wingfield David Badcott
Pharmacy Ethics and Decision Making is an introduction to professional ethics and accountability for practicing pharmacists. It provides a grounding in moral philosophy and its application to key concepts such as human rights, consent, confidentiality and the care of vulnerable patients in pharmacy practice. It will also help pharmacists to debate and influence their involvement and positions on issues such as: * palliative care and the end of life * emergency contraception * new technologies in pharmacogenetics * use of animals in research * ethical issues in clinical trials * global aspects of pharmaceutical marketing Written by one of the co-authors of Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics, and a healthcare philosopher, this book is aimed at students, pre-registration trainees and newly qualified pharmacists. |
