The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7464 p162
11 August 2007

Society summary

New book on ethics and decision-making from the Pharmaceutical Press

A new book, entitled ‘Pharmacy ethics and decision making’, has been published by the Pharmaceutical Press. The book, written by Joy Wingfield, professor of pharmacy law and ethics at the University of Nottingham, and retired pharmacist David Badcott, health care philosopher at Cardiff University's Centre for Applied Ethics, and with a foreword by Gordon Appelbe, is intended to be an introduction to professional ethics and accountability for practising pharmacists.

According to the Pharmaceutical Press, the book provides a grounding in moral philosophy and its application to such key concepts as human rights, consent, confidentiality and the care of vulnerable patients in pharmacy practice.

It will also help pharmacists to debate their involvement in and positions on issues such as palliative care and the end of life, emergency contraception, new technologies in pharmacogenetics, use of animals in research, ethical issues in clinical trials, and global aspects of pharmaceutical marketing. It is aimed at pharmacy students, preregistration trainees and newly qualified pharmacists.

The 336-page paperback book costs £24.95. UK orders for the book can be placed by telephone (01767 604971), fax (01767 601640), e-mail (rps@turpin-distribution.com) or through the Pharmaceutical Press website

The Pharmaceutical Press is the books division of RPS Publishing, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s publishing organisation.