Deonto-logical ethics - ✔✔Whether the *act* conforms to a universal rational duty
-Doing things for the right reason
Utilitarian Ethics - ✔✔Whether the act results in maximum of good *consequences* over bad ones
Cost/benefit analysis
True or False: Virtue ethics does not settle contentious moral conflicts - ✔✔True!
Principle of universalization - ✔✔Act so that you could will your action to be a universal rule for anyone
in the same situation
Respect for persons - ✔✔Always treat persons as ends in themselves, never as means to an end.
Natural law ethics - ✔✔What is right may be inferred from nature's purposes
Example of Natural Law Ethics - ✔✔Artificial insemination for lesbians is considered wrong because it is
"unnatural"
Critique of Natural Law Ethics - ✔✔Death, disease, and pain are natural: medicine and pharmacy
inherently challenge nature
, Major bio-ethics principles - ✔✔-Autonomy (self-determination)
-Non-maleficence (Do no harm)
-Beneficence (Promote patient's best interest)
-Justice (fair allocation of benefits and burdens
Rules of healthcare ethics - ✔✔-Informed consent
-Confidentiality
-Veracity (truth-telling)
-Fidelity (loyalty)
T/F: Ethics are a subset of Law - ✔✔FALSE.
Law is a subset of ethics
APhA Code of Ethics for Pharmacists - ✔✔I. A pharmacist respects the covenantal relationship between
the patient and pharmacist.
II. A pharmacist promotes the good of every patient in a caring, compassionate, and confidential
manner.
III. A pharmacist respects the autonomy and dignity of each patient
IV. A pharmacist acts with honesty and integrity in professional relationships.
V. A pharmacist maintains professional competence
VI. A pharmacist respects the values and abilities of colleagues and other health professionals.
VII. A pharmacist serves individual, community, and societal needs.
VIII. A pharmacist seeks justice in the distribution of health resources.
Federal Level of the Legislative Process - ✔✔-Congress
-Sponsor of a bill must be a legislator
-Bill is sent to the appropriate congressional commitee
Role of the President in the legislative process - ✔✔sign or veto bills passed by Congress
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