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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787962803321

Autore

Strandberg Kenneth M.

Titolo

Essentials of law and ethics for pharmacy technicians / / Kenneth M. Strandberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-24843-1

1-4398-9610-0

1-4398-5315-0

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Pharmacy Education Series ; ; 26

Classificazione

LAW093000MED071000MED072000

Disciplina

344.7304/16

Soggetti

Pharmacy technicians - Professional ethics - United States

Pharmacists - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Pharmacy - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; The legal system in the United States; Chapter 2: History and development of current law; Chapter 3: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938; Chapter 4: Federal Controlled Substance Act of 1970; Chapter 5: Other pertinent federal legislation; Chapter 6: Ethics theory and application; appendix one: Addresses and websites of board of pharmacy executives; appendix two: Addresses and websites of pertinent pharmacy organizations; appendix three: List of accredited pharmacy technician programs; appendix four: Sample DEA forms

appendix five: Legal standing of pharmacy techniciansappendix six: Legal status of fax prescriptions; appendix seven: Legal status of electronic transmission of prescriptions; appendix eight: Who has prescribing authority; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Preface While many excellent textbooks deal with pharmacy laws, regulations, and ethics, virtually all of those currently marketed are aimed at the university-level pharmacy student. During my years as a faculty member and as a department chair, the lack of textbooks intended for pharmacy technicians became more and more noticeable, especially after visiting with pharmacy technician faculty and our



colleagues at Pharmacy Technician Educator's Council (PTEC) meetings. The standard practice has been to incorporate law and ethics material into other classes, using parts of these university-level textbooks and articles and adding extra lecture time and materials. Very few programs have a stand-alone law and ethics course or even a segment of such a course, which can perhaps be explained by the fact that so few texts have been aimed at this need. Instructors have been forced to make do with materials and resources meant for an entirely different group of students--