Introduction

Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Ethics

Prelims

CNMM.RPh
Objectives:
After the course, the student must able to:
• Define the meaning of Jurisprudence and Ethics
• Know the different laws of pharmacy profession
• Know the importance of the subject in the practice
Jurisprudence
• Is defined as system of laws
• It is the science of philosophy of laws

Pharmacy laws are promulgated to define and regulate the pharmacy

profession and delimit its practice.
Legal Principles that Govern the
manner in which professional
practice:
• Statutory Law

• Regulatory Law

• Common Law
Statutory Laws in the Philippines:
• RA 5921
• RA 3720
• RA 8203
• RA 6675
• RA 9165
• RA 9994
• RA 7581
• RA 7394
• RA 9502
• RA 9711
Ethics
• It is the science of morality.
• It refers to the moral principles of practice.
• It is the study of human acts or conduct from a moral perspective as
to whether they are good or they are bad.
Objectives of Ethics:
• To make clear to us why one act is better than another
• To live an orderly social life
• To appraise and criticize intelligently the moral conduct and ethical
system; and
• To seek the value of life
Professional Ethics
• It is a branch of moral science that treats of the obligations which a
member of a profession owes to the public, to his profession and to
his clients.

Bioethics
• It is term used to describe the application of ethics to biological
sciences, medicine and related fields. It is a systematic study of moral
conduct in life sciences and medicines.
Importance of Bioethics:
• To provide awareness to the health team or workers of the “do’s and
don’t” of medical practice
• To enrich one’s competence by understanding that the patient is a
person and a holistic individual.
Universal Principles of Biomedical
Ethics
• Autonomy

• Veracity

• Beneficence

• Nonmaleficence
Universal Principles of Biomedical
Ethics
• Confidentiality

• Justice

• Role Fidelity
Basic Moral Responsibilities Health
Care Practitioners Have Toward
Their Patients
• Competence

• Trustworthiness

• Caring
Moral Rights versus Legal Rights
Legal Rights
• Are rights that are guaranteed fundamentally by the constitution and
are provided by the laws and regulation promulgated at the national,
provincial or local level.

Moral Rights
• May be reinforced by laws, but their basis lies not in the law, but in
ethical principles.
Patient’s Rights
• Patients can expect that clinicians will employ their knowledge and
experiences in caring for them
• Patients expect that health care providers will respond to their wishes
about their treatment.
• Patient generally choose their own physician, pharmacy and hospital
• Patients are allowed to choose from multiple options for treatment
• Patients must give their approval through the process of informed
consent prior to the initiation of care.
• Patients have a right to treatment that is both safe and effective
within given parameters.
Professional Characteristic
Characteristic of a professional:
• Possession of specialized body of knowledge which enables the
practitioner to perform a highly useful social functions
• Possession of a set of specific attitudes that influence professional
behavior
• Existence of social sanction
• Desire to be professional
• Presence of an oath of allegiance and a code of ethics