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Author Sullivan, Dennis M., author.

Title Ethics in pharmacy practice : a practical guide / Dennis M. Sullivan, Douglas C. Anderson, Justin W. Cole
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Basic Ethical Theory -- Chapter 3: Human Value and Human Dignity -- Chapter 4: Clinical Ethics in Historical Context, Part I -- Chapter 5: Clinical Ethics in Historical Context, Part II -- Chapter 6: Clinical Ethics in Historical Context, Part III -- Chapter 7: Pharmacy Professionalism -- Chapter 8: Reproductive Ethics -- Chapter 9: Ethics at the End of Life - Part I -- Chapter 10: Ethics at the End of Life - Part II -- Chapter 11: Rights of Conscience -- Chapter 12: Vaccines, Resource Allocation, and Unproven Treatments -- Chapter 13: Case Studies and Policy Scenarios -- Chapter 14: Genetic Ethics and Other Cutting-Edge Issues
Summary This textbook offers a unique and accessible approach to ethical decision-making for practicing pharmacists and student pharmacists. Unlike other texts, it gives clear guidance based on the fundamental principles of moral philosophy, explaining them in simple language and illustrating them with abundant clinical examples and case studies. The strength of this text is in its emphasis on normative ethics and critical thinking, and that there is truly a best answer in the vast majority of cases, no matter how complex. The authors place high trust in a pharmacist's moral judgment. This teaches the reader how to think, based on ethical principles, not necessarily what to think. This means navigating between the two extremes of overly theoretical and excessively prescriptive. The cogent framework given in this text uses the language of competing duties, identifying the moral principles at stake that create duties for the pharmacist. This is the balancing act of normative ethics, and of deciding which duties should prevail in a given clinical situation. This work presents a clear-cut pathway for resolving ethical dilemmas encountered by pharmacists, based on foundational principles and critical thinking. Presents a clear-cut pathway for resolving the ethical dilemmas encountered by pharmacists, based on foundational principles and critical thinking. Jon E. Sprague, RPh, PhD, Director of Science and Research for the Ohio Attorney General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pharmacy -- Moral and ethical aspects
Pharmaceutical ethics.
Ethics, Pharmacy
Pharmacists -- ethics
Pharmaceutical Services -- ethics
Clinical Decision-Making -- ethics
Form Electronic book
Author Anderson, Douglas C., author.
Cole, Justin W., author.
ISBN 9783030721695
3030721698