Ethical issues and values in pharmacy practice
Апстракт
During their work, pharmacists are faced with a number of ethically difficult situations which include consideration of the values, rights and responsibilities. The overall aim of this study was to analyse the factors that influence the ethical valuesof pharmacists. We aimed to determine the relationship of these factors and the pharmacists’ perceptions of difficulty and frequency of ethical issues in community pharmacy settings. The research design was cross-sectional and descriptive; the datawere gathered from a sample of community pharmacists in Serbia by using validated self-administered survey instrument. In all, 590 pharmacists participated (94.06% females) with working experience from 1 to 39 years (mean 15.17 ± 10.04 years). The majority of respondents stated that the main factor influencing the ethical values of pharmacistsis professional ethics, followed by family norms. The most common reasons for addressing ethical issuesa...ssociated with values arerelated to the following: importance of cooperation with other healthcare professionals, respect for the rules and regulations, patients` well-being, working within one’s competence to limit liability, controlling and monitoring the organizational and occupational framework of pharmacy profession. The respondents in our study identified an ethical imperative for pharmacists in limiting harm to patients and resistance to commercial pressures which might compromise their judgment. The results demonstrate a need for careful examination of the values that could be identified and explored in dilemmas created by commercial environmentand dual personality of users (patients, costumers) of community pharmacy service
Кључне речи:
Community pharmacy / Ethical issues / Ethical values / EthicsИзвор:
Farmacia, 2021, 69, 2, 375-383Издавач:
- Romanian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Ретке болести: молекуларна патофизиологија, дијагностички и терапијски модалитети и социјални, етички и правни аспекти (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-41004)
- Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Републике Србије, институционално финансирање - 200161 (Универзитет у Београду, Фармацеутски факултет) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200161)
DOI: 10.31925/farmacia.2021.2.24
ISSN: 0014-8237
WoS: 000647682700025
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85105747715
Институција/група
PharmacyTY - JOUR AU - Krajnović, Dušanka AU - Crnjanski, Tatjana AU - Savić, Mirko PY - 2021 UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3899 AB - During their work, pharmacists are faced with a number of ethically difficult situations which include consideration of the values, rights and responsibilities. The overall aim of this study was to analyse the factors that influence the ethical valuesof pharmacists. We aimed to determine the relationship of these factors and the pharmacists’ perceptions of difficulty and frequency of ethical issues in community pharmacy settings. The research design was cross-sectional and descriptive; the datawere gathered from a sample of community pharmacists in Serbia by using validated self-administered survey instrument. In all, 590 pharmacists participated (94.06% females) with working experience from 1 to 39 years (mean 15.17 ± 10.04 years). The majority of respondents stated that the main factor influencing the ethical values of pharmacistsis professional ethics, followed by family norms. The most common reasons for addressing ethical issuesassociated with values arerelated to the following: importance of cooperation with other healthcare professionals, respect for the rules and regulations, patients` well-being, working within one’s competence to limit liability, controlling and monitoring the organizational and occupational framework of pharmacy profession. The respondents in our study identified an ethical imperative for pharmacists in limiting harm to patients and resistance to commercial pressures which might compromise their judgment. The results demonstrate a need for careful examination of the values that could be identified and explored in dilemmas created by commercial environmentand dual personality of users (patients, costumers) of community pharmacy service PB - Romanian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences T2 - Farmacia T1 - Ethical issues and values in pharmacy practice VL - 69 IS - 2 SP - 375 EP - 383 DO - 10.31925/farmacia.2021.2.24 ER -
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Krajnović, D., Crnjanski, T.,& Savić, M.. (2021). Ethical issues and values in pharmacy practice. in Farmacia Romanian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences., 69(2), 375-383. https://doi.org/10.31925/farmacia.2021.2.24
Krajnović D, Crnjanski T, Savić M. Ethical issues and values in pharmacy practice. in Farmacia. 2021;69(2):375-383. doi:10.31925/farmacia.2021.2.24 .
Krajnović, Dušanka, Crnjanski, Tatjana, Savić, Mirko, "Ethical issues and values in pharmacy practice" in Farmacia, 69, no. 2 (2021):375-383, https://doi.org/10.31925/farmacia.2021.2.24 . .