Professional Ethics in Pharmacy: Exploring Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions
A special issue of Pharmacy (ISSN 2226-4787).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 3890
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ethics in pharmacy; end of life decision-making; hospital pharmacy; opioid substitution treatment [OST] services and harm minimization in pharmacy; cultural competence and health literacy in pharmacy; impairment in pharmacy; sport pharmacy; complementary medicines in pharmacy; prescribing in pharmacy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pharmacists today are practising in a vastly different ecosystem to traditional models of practice and accepted norms of practice. Fast-tracked technological and healthcare advancements are emerging around the world with immense impact on healthcare delivery, including pharmacy, in the context of patient-centred care. No doubt the pandemic has also had impact on new emerging roles in pharmacy in many countries, such as vaccinating and rescheduling of many prescription medicines to “pharmacist-only” supply.
With pharmacists’ roles expanding, increased utility of artificial intelligence, and professional responsibilities are evolving. Ethical norms of practice are also expanding to encompass change and broader scope of practice. There is intense pressure on the profession to rise to the occasion to serve with integrity and enhance trust of the public. Ethical sensitivity and awareness of expectations of the public are therefore ever more important to the profession.
I invite you to share your thoughts and/or research on contemporary professional ethics in practice to this Special Edition of the Pharmacy Journal, entitled: Professional Ethics in Pharmacy: Exploring Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions of the Profession of Pharmacy.
Dr. Betty Bouad Chaar
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- contemporary challenges in pharmacy practice
- professional ethics in pharmacy
- ethics and law in pharmacy
- patient centred care
- public trust in pharmacists
- implicit bias in pharmacy practice
- expanded roles in pharmacy
- vaccination in pharmacy
- pharmacists’ prescribing
- AI in pharmacy
- pharmacogenomics in pharmacy
- conscientious objection in pharmacy
