Pharmacy Ethics and Decision Making

Pharmacy Ethics and Decision Making
Foreword by Gordon E Appelbe
First edition

Joy Wingfield - Professor of Pharmacy Law and Ethics, University of Nottingham and David Badcott - Health care philosopher and retired pharmacist, Centre for Applied Ethics, Cardiff University

Pharmacy Ethics and Decision Making is an introduction to professional ethics and accountability for practising 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.

Foreword by Gorden E Appelbe

Contents:
1. Ethical Theory: 2. Key Moral Concepts in Healthcare: 3. Moral Reasoning: 4.Professionalism and Accountability: 5. The Professional Decision Making Process: 6. Ethics in Practice: 7. Worked Examples of Decision Making