PharmacoEthics Articles

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Ethics for Pharmacists

• Code Could Be Right Prescription to Give Pharmacy More Credence, by John La Puma (Managed Care, 1998)

• A Model Code of Ethics for Canadian Pharmacists (National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities)

• "Pharmacoethics: Withholding prescribing data from a utilization committee," Seymour Katz & Robert DiGregorio

• "Pharmacoethics: Unblinding a clinical trial for individual gain," by Seymour Katz, Robert V. DiGregorio, Amy Wong, Alicia Williams and Florence Singh

• American Pharmaceutical Association's Code of Ethics

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: Code of Ethics

• "Patient Confidentiality and Pharmacy Practice," by Jack Justice

• "Ethics in Clinical Pharmacology," by Giovanni Monte, Ph.D., Eubios Ethics Institute Newsletter 2 (1992).

• "Guidelines on the Ethics of Relationships Between Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers," Canadian Pharmacists Association
• "A Guide to Moral Decision Making," by Chris MacDonald (from Everyday Ethics, Canadian Nurses Association, 1998)
• "Creating a Code of Ethics for your Organization," by Chris MacDonald
• "Do Pharmacists Have The Right To Refuse To Dispense A Prescription Based On Personal Beliefs?" by Stephanie E. Harvey,  Ei-Lun Lu, Oscar Rivas and Julie Rodgers
• "The changing face of pharmaceutical ethics," By Tony Gosgnach (a pro-life look at the controversy over dispensing abortifacients) 
• "The Myth of Patient Confidentiality," by Robert Gellman, iMP Magazine, November 1999.
• Confidentiality of Patient Medical Records (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, PDF document)
• "Pharmacy scandal alledged" (by Amy Green, Associated Press)