Naveen Kumar Veerasetty, J Venkatachalam, Murali Subbaiah, Kalaiselvy Arikrishnan, Bhanushree Soni
Determinants of health literacy and its impact on glycemic control among women with gestational diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care hospital, Puducherry - A cross-sectional analytical study
Journal of education and health promotion
alterations pharmacy practice prescription dispensing patientcentered relationship intensifies necessity clinical decisionmaking pharmacists knowledge well ethical reasoning affects clinical decisionmaking unfortunately iran pharmacy ethics develop along medical ethics special considerations major importance study designed evaluate pharmacists attitude toward principles bioethics crosssectional survey performed sample iranian pharmacists attended continuous education programs 2010 based pharmacists attitude toward common ethical problems 9 likerttype scale scenarios designed thousand pharmacists surveyed 505 questionnaires filled whole questionnaire strongly disagree answer ethical answer scale 15 5strongly disagree total score pharmacists ethical attitude 1769 357 easier analysis considered score 1 agree strongly agree answers score 2 neutral answers score 3 disagree strongly disagree answers total score confidentiality participants 415 145 9 autonomy 625 185 9 nonmaleficence 514 117 6 justice 227 089 3 however significant difference men women total score score theme older participants 40 years significantly lower total score p 005 well score theme p 005 except nonmaleficence work experience showed impact pharmacists attitude toward autonomy participants 5 years work experience significantly obtained lower score theme compiling ethical guidelines improving pharmacy ethics curriculum highly critical provide best pharmaceutical care make clinical decisions critical situations therefore quantitative qualitative investigations finding pitfalls challenges issue highly recommended