Pharmaceutical Ethics
LAWS AND ETHICS
❖ LAWS:-
➢ Set of rules and Regulation.
➢ Statutory bindings.
➢ Broken of laws: fine or imprisonment.
➢ Mandatory restrictions: Prevent one from causing injury to another.
❖ ETHICS:-
➢ Moral binding on the individuals: conduct, behavior, character.
➢ Not mandatory restriction.
➢ Moral principles: regulate working.
CODE OF PHARMACEUTICAL ETHICS
➢ Code of moral principles.
➢ Ethics are Moral binding: conduct, behavior and character.
➢ Ensures: services to public, develops new standards and status to the profession.
PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO HIS JOB
❖ PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES:-
➢ Efficient and comprehensive services.
➢ Supply common medicaments.
❖ PHARMACY:-
➢ Premises of pharmacy: reflect professional character.
➢ Precaution: errors during dispensing/supply.
➢ Prevent accidental contamination.
➢ Pharmacy: personal control of pharmacist.
❖ HANDLING PRESCRIPTIONS:-
➢ Discussion or comment: merits, demerits, therapeutic efficacy.
➢ Expression.
➢ Queries: answered cautiously.
➢ Permission of prescriber: add, omit or substitute.
➢ Correction: Prescription referred back to prescriber.
➢ Follow instructions of prescriber.
❖ HANDLING OF DRUGS:-
➢ Drug and medicines of standard quality.
➢ Supply of spurious, substandard preparations.
➢ Utmost care during dispensing.
❖ APPRENTICE PHARMACIST:-
➢ During training and learning provide full facilities.
➢ Certificate: unless they acquire sufficient skills and techniques.
PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO HIS TRADE
❖ PRICE STRUCTURE:-
➢ Fair price: quality, quantity, labor and skill required.
➢ Customer should not be undue taxed.
➢ Adequate payment: knowledge, skill, time consumed, responsibility.
❖ FAIR TRADE PRACTICE:-
➢ Use of fair means in trade for generating business.
➢ Not prefer to unfair means such as:
• Attracts/Alluring customers.
• Charging lower price.
• Copying labels, trademarks, symbols.
❖ PURCHASE OF DRUGS:-
➢ Purchase from genuine and reputed sources.
➢ Should not aid or encourage directly or indirectly: manufacture, distribution or sale of spurious or substandard drugs.
❖ HAWKING OF DRUG AND SELF SERVICES:-
➢ Hawking of drugs and medicines.
➢ Self service: self medication and distribution.
❖ ADVERTISEMENT AND DISPLAY:-
➢ Display or advertisement on the premises, newspaper.
➢ Should not make such advertisement which contain:
• Misleading statements or claims.
• Guarantee of therapeutic efficacy.
• Offer to refund.
PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO MEDICAL PROFESSION
❖ PROFESSIONAL LIMITATION:-
➢ Never make any secrete contracts and agreements.
➢ Neither diagnose disease nor prescribe medicines.
➢ First aid to victims of accident and in emergencies.
➢ Should not recommend medical practitioner.
❖ LINK WITH PUBLIC:-
➢ Link between medical profession and public.
➢ Constantly in touch with modern development.
➢ Expert in the field of pharmacy.
➢ By enlarging store of knowledge: educate the public.
PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO HIS PROFESSION
➢ Observe law and ethical principles.
➢ Extend help and co-operation to fellow pharmacists.
➢ Fair knowledge of laws.
➢ Weed out undesirable corrupt or dishonest conduct of the member.
➢ Should have upto date knowledge.
➢ Associate with organizations.
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