Ethics Education for Contemporary Clinical Pharmacy Practice in Africa
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2021-09-20
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The paradigm shift to a patient-centred pharmacy practice model
has resulted in dramatic increases in the number and variety of
ethical and other dilemmas that confront pharmacists in their
routine practice. However, ethical problems may go undetected
by many pharmacists in most developing countries. Hence,
there is a huge need for sound educational preparation of future
pharmacists before they are faced with an urgent decision.
This paper highlights the urgent need for pharmacy ethics to
be adequately taught in schools of pharmacy, especially at the
undergraduate and professional levels, so that future pharmacists
can begin their professional careers with adequate ethical
knowledge, skills, competencies and experience to detect and
resolve ethical dilemmas of the contemporary patient-centred
pharmacy practice.
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clinical pharmacy, pharmacy education, pharmacy ethics, pharmacy practice
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25. Okoro, R.N. & Jamiu M.O (2021). Ethics Education for Contemporary Clinical Pharmacy Practice in Africa. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 6(2):170-173