Code of ethics
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This document outlines the need for a code of ethics for pharmacists given their direct role in human health and contact with patients similar to doctors and nurses. It establishes key ethical practices for pharmacists including maintaining professional competence, respecting the physician-patient relationship, promoting patient well-being with care and confidentiality, respecting patient autonomy and dignity, respecting colleagues, and seeking justice in health resource distribution.
Code of ethics
- 2. Meaning of ethics “A philosophical study of morals values and rules”
- 3. Need for ethical code for a pharmacist • The pharmacist deals with healthcare unit have biggest responsibilty of practising ethics as their jobs deals directly with human being or health of the human being. • Like doctors ,nrses pharmacist also come in contact with the patients. Hence it is necessary to draw code of ethics for all healthcare profressional including pharmacist. Taking this into considersation a set of ethical practises are established called as “Code of ethics “
- 4. ● Some salient features of ethical codes are mentioned below 2. PhPharmacist should maintain professional competences armacist should respect the convenantal relationship between patient and physician.
- 5. 3.Phamacist should promote well being of every patients in caring ,compassionate and confidential manner. 4. Pharmacist should respect the autonomy and dignity of each patient .
- 6. 6. Collegues should respect the values and abilities of collegues and other health professionals 7. The pharmacist should seek justice in the distribution of health resources
- 8. REFRENCES Hospital pharmacy by H.P Tippins ,Amrita Bajaj