Pharmacy

Authors: McRae, Elizabethe Segars ; Jollimore, Troy ; Antommaria, Armand H. Matheny ; Cox White, Becky
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: In June 2005, Luke Vander Bleek, an Illinois pharmacist, filed a suit challenging the state requirement that pharmacists make Plan B (emergency contraception, also known as the "morning-after pill") available. Although Illinois law ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/CS-White-Whose%20Life%20is%20it%20Anyway.pdf

Authors: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology ; Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Pharmacist Joan Smith receives a call from a patron who identifies herself as having leukemia and requests information about a new medication that Joan knows has no scientific data that it is effective, as that this medication can c...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Leukemia.pdf

Authors: McLean, Margaret R. ; Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, a student goes to get her prescription for oral contraceptives filled and the only pharmacist on duty refuses to fill it, explaining that to do so would be against his religious beliefs. Case includes commentary....
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/conscientious-refusals.html

Authors: Genereux, Annie Prud'homme ; Eno, Dustin J. ; National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This four-part interrupted case on phage therapy was developed for a freshmen non-majors course in molecular biology. The case begins with a story inspired by real events where Europeans imposed a treatment for cholera on the unwill...
Year: 2011
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=608&id=608

Authors: Chowning, Jeanne Ting ; National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case study investigates the applications of genetics to medicine by exploring one of the first examples of a pharmacogenetic test to enter mainstream clinical practice. Pharmacogenetics examines how genetic variations in an ind...
Year: 2010
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=247&id=247

Authors: Lexchin, Joel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Pharmaceutical companies fund the bulk of clinical research that is carried out on medications. Poor outcomes from these studies can have negative effects on sales of medicines. Previous research has shown that company funded resear...
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9265-3

Authors: Arda, Berna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Publication ethics, an important subtopic of science ethics, deals with determination of the misconducts of science in performing research or in the dissemination of ideas, data and products. Science, the main features of which are ...
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9256-4