Title 2. PRINCIPLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.pdf ✅

PHARMD GURU Page 1 INTRODUCTION:  Pharmacy is a noble and sacred profession committed to the cause of health care of human beings.  The pharmacist is a vital link between the doctor and the patient.  He is charged with the responsibility of providing professional services of high order to the community at large by ensuring production of Quality Medicine and their sale and distribution to the consumers.  The pharmaceutical Ethics encompasses the code of moral principles (or) the science of morals which is concerned with human character.  The pharmacist of today is a drug-maker, drug-dispenser, drug-custodian, patient- counselor, drug-researcher and drug-educator and above all, an honest and patriotic citizen.  The techno-professional background of the pharmacist gives him/ her confidence of providing services with ethical approach to the satisfaction of patients.  The sacred values are required to be cherished and professed by the pharmacist.  Government restricts the practice of pharmacy to those who qualify under regulatory requirement and expects the pharmacist to fulfill his/ her professional obligations honorable and with due regard for the well being of the society. PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACEUTICAL ETHICS:  The pharmacist should be a good and law-abiding citizen conversant with Acts and Rules governing his/her profession.  He/she should be a person with an attitude of service and sacrifice and concern for welfare of both patients and public.  The pharmacist must be capable of upholding honor and dignity of the profession and not getting involved in any action which may bring disrepute the profession.  The pharmacist should never disclose any information about patient or his family which he/she has acquired as part of professional activities, unless required to do so by law.  The pharmacist should not get involved in any unethical work under duress or pressure. PRINCIPLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

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