Pharmaceutical Ethics and Pharmaceutical Law

Recommended Prerequisites

Some knowledge of: History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Activity, Pharmaceutical Technology I; II; III.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures.
Practical classes to discuss topics.

Learning Outcomes

​Transmission of knowledge essential for professional legal standards and ethical standards and ethical guidelines for the exercise of the pharmacist in Portugal and on the medicine. Provide the students with a set of knowledge that allows us to act correctly in the professional and scientific practice. Raising future pharmacist for the interpretation of rules and laws so as to make himself an observant and reflective mind of such diplomas, trying to generate some critical thinking and group awareness training.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

  1. Presentation
  2. Bibliography
  3 .The playing field of legal rules about the pharmacist and the pharmacy.
  4. Ethics and the pharmaceutical business.
  5. The Code of Ethics of the pharmacists. Another codes of pharmaceutical profession
  6. The Practice of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical deontology and ethics.
  7. Human Rights and the Right to Health. Some of the codes and conventions.
  8. Ethics and Bioethics
  9. The Portuguese state, the government and health
10. The Directives of European Communities and the pharmaceutical law.
11. The sale of medicines.
12. The community pharmacy
13. Wholesale of medicines
14. The hospital pharmacy
15. The legal status of the drug for human (human medicines) use in Portugal.
16. Veterinary medicines and veterinary products
17. Sanitary products, cosmetics and body care.
18. Structure and pharmaceutical associations Portuguese.

Head Lecturer(s)

João Rui Couto da Rocha Pita

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

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GUERREIRO, MP; FERNANDES, AA (Coords.) — Deontologia e
Legislação Farmacêutica. Lisboa: Lidel, 2013
HOTTOIS, G; PARIZEAU, MH — Dicionário de Bioética, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 1998.
OLIVEIRA, G — Direito Biomédico e Investigação Clínica. In: A excelência da investigação na essência da Universidade, Coimbra, FMUC 1999, pp. 57-68.
PITA, JR - Farmácia e medicamento . Noções gerais, Coimbra, Minerva, 1993.
PITA, JR — Deontologia Farmacêutica. In: GUERREIRO, MP; FERNANDES, AA (Coords.) — Deontologia e Legislação Farmacêutica. Lisboa, Lidel, 2013, 17-28
SERRÃO, D; NUNES, R(Coord) — Ética em cuidados de saúde, Porto, Porto Editora, 1998.
SINGER, P — Ética prática, Lisboa, Gradiva, 2000
VALVERDE, JL; ARREBOLA NACLE, P (org.) — Estudios de ética farmacéutica. Madrid: Ediciones Doce Calles, 1999