(a) Health and Safety of Patient or Clients
(i) Pharmacists must have specialized and updated knowledge about medicines, health related products, medicinal and complimentary therapies and are expected to use this knowledge and their experience to benefit their patients or clients.
(ii) Pharmacists are aware of the limitations of their knowledge, skills and facilities and refer patients to appropriate health care professionals when they are unable to meet the needs of their patients or clients.
(iii) Pharmacists supply only duly registered prescription and nonprescription medicines and health related products obtained from properly licensed outlets that are safe, effective and of good quality.
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(ii) Pharmacists provide their patients or clients with evidence-based and understandable information needed to make informed decisions about the patients’ health and discuss that information with them.
(iii) Pharmacists are committed to each patient or client regardless of national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age or health condition..
(iv) Pharmacists respect the right of competent patients to accept or reject care or other professional services..
(v) Pharmacists respect the dignity of patients or clients with diminished competence and seek to involve them, to an appropriate extent, in decisions regarding their health.
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(a) Pharmacists respect the special competencies and responsibilities of their colleagues and other health care professionals, and of the institutions, statutory and voluntary agencies that constitute their working environment.
(b) Pharmacists foster, develop and maintain effective relationships with professional colleagues and other health care providers and co-operate with them to achieve positive medicine-related health outcomes for patients and the community.
(c) Keeping confidentiality in mind, pharmacists consult with colleagues or other health care professionals to benefit the patient. When additional knowledge and expertise are required, pharmacists refer their patients to other health care professionals or agencies.
(d) Pharmacists maintain professional relationships with colleagues and ensure patient’s needs are met when supplying colleagues with transfer copies of prescriptions, inventory, etc.
1.1.4 A Pharmacist must neither agree to practice under conditions which may compromise his professional independence, judgment or integrity, nor impose such conditions on other
(i) Pharmacists must have specialized and updated knowledge about medicines, health related products, medicinal and complimentary therapies and are expected to use this knowledge and their experience to benefit their patients or clients.
(ii) Pharmacists are aware of the limitations of their knowledge, skills and facilities and refer patients to appropriate health care professionals when they are unable to meet the needs of their patients or clients.
(iii) Pharmacists supply only duly registered prescription and nonprescription medicines and health related products obtained from properly licensed outlets that are safe, effective and of good quality.
(b) Professional Relationship With Patient or …show more content…
(ii) Pharmacists provide their patients or clients with evidence-based and understandable information needed to make informed decisions about the patients’ health and discuss that information with them.
(iii) Pharmacists are committed to each patient or client regardless of national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age or health condition..
(iv) Pharmacists respect the right of competent patients to accept or reject care or other professional services..
(v) Pharmacists respect the dignity of patients or clients with diminished competence and seek to involve them, to an appropriate extent, in decisions regarding their health.
(d) Respect and Protect the Patient’s or Client’s Right of …show more content…
(a) Pharmacists respect the special competencies and responsibilities of their colleagues and other health care professionals, and of the institutions, statutory and voluntary agencies that constitute their working environment.
(b) Pharmacists foster, develop and maintain effective relationships with professional colleagues and other health care providers and co-operate with them to achieve positive medicine-related health outcomes for patients and the community.
(c) Keeping confidentiality in mind, pharmacists consult with colleagues or other health care professionals to benefit the patient. When additional knowledge and expertise are required, pharmacists refer their patients to other health care professionals or agencies.
(d) Pharmacists maintain professional relationships with colleagues and ensure patient’s needs are met when supplying colleagues with transfer copies of prescriptions, inventory, etc.
1.1.4 A Pharmacist must neither agree to practice under conditions which may compromise his professional independence, judgment or integrity, nor impose such conditions on other