part 4: PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS

TRUE

True or False:

• Clinical pharmacists have a covenantal relationship with their patients.

• This relationship relies on the trust placed in the clinical pharmacist by the patient and the commitment to act in the best interest of individual patients and patient populations, within the context of legal and ethical parameters.

1. Autonomy

2. Informed Consent

3. Confidentiality

4. Beneficence and Non-maleficence

5. Fidelity

6. Veracity

7. Justice

What are the 7 Bioethical Principles?

Autonomy

• Patient’s right to make decisions

• Obligation to respect patients and to honor their preferences

Informed Consent

• Patients are informed of all benefits and risks of procedures

• Elements: disclosure, understanding, voluntariness, competence, consent

Confidentiality

With holding private information about the patient from others unless the patient gives permission to release

Data Privacy Act of 2012

Republic Act 10173 is also known as?

Beneficence and Non-maleficence

Fundamental moral principle in which all ethical behavior is based

Beneficence

To act in the patient’s best interest

Non-maleficence

Doing no harm; if the benefits of an intervention outweigh the risks, a patient may make an informed decision to proceed

Fidelity

Loyalty bond between the patient and professional

Veracity

Truthfulness to patients

Justice

Means that individuals have the right to be treated equally regardless of any individual characteristics

Patient Medication Counselling

Provision of accurate and timely information about drugs and other health-related information to a patient or his/her representatives during dispensing process or hospital stays

1. During dispensing

2. Indisease management

3. In providing advice on self-care

When is patient counselling undertaken by pharmacists?

1. Attending and active listening skills

2. Interviewing skills

3. Emphatic responding skills

4. Influencing skills

Must have Verbal Communication Skills for Pharmacists