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Shaimaa A. Sameem1,*, Haydar F.AL-Tukmagi2
Affiliation:-
1Department of Health in Baghdad AL-Karkh / AL-Karkh General Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed:
1.Department of Health in Baghdad AL-Karkh / AL-Karkh General Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Author’s contributions:
Author 1 contributed towards concepts, design, literature survey, data acquisition, manuscript editing and preparation. Author 2 contributed in Design, literature search and data acquisition.
Core idea:
The project was designed to evaluate Iraqi community pharmacist's services to outpatients in accordance with the pharmacy standard ethical principles.
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Shaimaa A. Sameem.
Department of Health in Baghdad AL-Karkh / AL-Karkh General Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq or at shaimasameem111@gmail.com
Article citation:
Sameem SA,Al-Tukmagi HF. Do Iraqi community pharmacists act in accordance to the pharmacy ethical principles?. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2015; 05(01):10-18. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT
All pharmacists have the obligation to act in the best interest of the patient and practice in accordance with the ethical principles, these principles which guide them to performance certain tasks and responsibilities include, confidentiality in which the pharmacist preserves the confidentiality information of the patients and does not divulge it, except where authorized by the patient or required by law. Autonomy means that the pharmacist respects the autonomy of the patients and encouraging them to participate in the decisions about their health. While co-operative means that the pharmacist collaborates with other health care professionals to achieve the best outcomes for the patient.
This study was designed to evaluate Iraqi community pharmacist's services to outpatients according to the pharmacy standard ethical principles. It was carried out at private pharmacies in Baghdad city, in AL-Karkh, AL- Resafa and the suburbs. The study was done by using a designed questionnaire.
The results show that the pharmacists who know: ethical principles in Al Karkh region of Baghdad ( group A) were (72.5%), in Al Resafa region (group B) were (67.5%) and only (47.5%) in suburbs of Baghdad (group C), confidentiality meaning in groups A (75%), B (62.5%) and C (47.5%) and respecting the patient's autonomy in groups A (65%), B(42.5%) and C (37.5%). According to these results we conclude that all the pharmacists who were subject to study did not have sufficient information about professional ethics in general and especially in Iraq, do not have laws or clear and specific instructions for commitment as part of the professional ethics within the law of professional practice, it also noted that pharmacists in AL-Karkh region are more obligating even implied to ethics. The results of pharmacies in the suburb were disappointing to the hopes, In conclusion, the pharmacy career in Iraq needs the ethical code to be included as an important part of the pharmacy law as other countries in which the pharmacy practice is depending on such ethical principles..
KEYWORDS: Principles of ethics; law; problems.
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The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.