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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec;37(6):978-81.
doi: 10.1007/s11096-015-0170-8.

To dispense or not to dispense? Ethical case decision-making in pharmacy practice

Ineke Bolt  1   2 , Mariëtte van den Hoven  3 , Lyda Blom  4 , Marcel Bouvy  5   4
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To dispense or not to dispense? Ethical case decision-making in pharmacy practice

Ineke Bolt et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

In daily practice, pharmacists are regularly confronted with moral problems in which deciding what to do is not always a straightforward decision. In this contribution we show how the use of a specific method for moral deliberation can (in retrospect or prospective) aid moral judgements. We use the case of dispensing isotretinoin to demonstrate one ethical reflection method, namely the Utrecht Method.

Keywords: Ethical case deliberation; Isotretinoin; Method; Pharmacy ethics.

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