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Benificence
To do good. Acting in the interest of the patient.
Eg: Advancing medications, recommending generics, educating patient they are at risk if not getting treatment, referring |
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Nonmaleficence
Do no harm OR prevent harm to the patient. |
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Autonomy
Patient has the final decision. Right to self-determination |
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Veracity
Acting with honesty or without deception |
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Fidelity
Acting in the patient's best interest, and NOT your own.
If you recommend something a patient doesn't need because it makes you money, you are violating the ethical principle of fidelity |
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Justice
Everyone is equal... First come first serve |
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Paternalism
Failure to respect another's autonomy. Implying your own beliefs, opinions and judgements. |
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| Conditions for Informed consent |
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| Patient has full information, and has the CAPACITY to understand the information, and make an uncoerced decision |
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Confidentiality
third party payers? |
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Information can be passed within circle of care to a patient. This includes direct health care providers, NOT family or spouse
Third party payers have the right to information of their subscribers, which is governed by the agreement they have with their subscribers and the pharmacy |
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| Confidentiality and children |
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| Children over age 13 are entitled to their information and who knows it. Exception may be if parent's are insurance holders, but let the parents go to children directly for that. |
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| Personal Health Information Protection Act. |
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| When are police entitled to information? |
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| ONLY if they have a warrant |
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| Can narcotics or controlled drugs be mailed to the US ? |
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| NO, narcotics and controlled drugs cannot be mailed to the US |
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| What is required for medications for Canadian citizens being sent to a US address? |
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| Documentation, advised to contain a letter from physician attesting to their treatment |
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| Transferring of Prescriptions from province to province |
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| 1st prescription can be filled. Refills need to be from the same province |
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| Double Doctoring Definition |
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Double Doctoring (Definition)
No person shall seek or obtain
•a substance included in schedule I,II, III or IV,
or
•an authorization to obtain a substance included in schedule I, II, III or IV
from a practitioner, unless:
The person discloses to the practitioner
particulars relating to the acquisition by the person of every substance in those schedules, and of every authorization to obtain such substances,
from any other practitioner within the preceding thirty (30) days. |
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ETHICS REVIEW
http://www.ocpinfo.com/Client/ocp/OCPHome.nsf/object/JP+Seminar/$file/JP+Seminar.pdf |
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| http://www.ocpinfo.com/Client/ocp/OCPHome.nsf/object/JP+Seminar/$file/JP+Seminar.pdf |
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