Pharmacy Law & Ethics
- Health and Disability Commissioner webpageSearch within Decisions and case notes for Pharmacist or Pharmacy technician complaints and outcomes.
Online Books
Ethics: The heart of healthcare (eBook) by Dewey Number: ebookPublication Date: 2008Download relevant chapters:
Chapter 9: The background to the ethical grid
Chapter 10: The use of the ethical grid
Chapter 6: Theories of ethics
Pharmaceutical practice by Dewey Number: eBookPublication Date: 2014Useful chapters:
Chapter 7 Ethics the theory
Chapter 8 Ethics in practice and ethical dilemmas
Books on the shelves:
Skills for pharmacists : A patient-focused approach by Dewey Number: 615.1 KYLPublication Date: 2015Chapter 2 - Ethics in Pharmacy and Health Care.
Health professionals and trust : The cure for healthcare law and policy by Dewey Number: 344.041 HEAPublication Date: 2011Relevant New Zealand content.
- New Zealand Legislation This link opens in a new window
Use the quick search box. Type in health and click on the relevant Act.
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Medicines Act 1981
Ministry of Health: Medicines Act 1981
- Health and Disability Commissioner webpageHealth & Disability Commissioner website has information on the HDC Code and the complaints process. Click on Search to search decisions and case notes of complaints via health professionals or healthcare setting.
Books on the Shelves:
- Standards New Zealand This link opens in a new window
Search Standards NZ by number e.g. 8134.7 for Health and Disability Services Standards - Pharmacy services
- Download The Pharmacy Council Standards and practice informationIncluding Code of ethics
- The Pharmacy Council: Competence standards for the pharmacy professionCultural Competence is threaded through the standards beginning at Domain M1: Professionalism in Pharmacy.
- Cross-Cultural Resource (CALD)This is a comprehensive guide for health practitioners working with CALD clients/patients from Asian, Middle Eastern and African cultures.
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Books on the Shelves
Watch Online
- Health Quality & Safety Commission: Maori responsiveness videosThe videos in this playlist are of Māori whānau telling their stories about engaging with health care services.
- Health Navigator New Zealand - Pacific health in Aotearoa – updateVideos – Watch these videos from PHARMAC Seminars about Pacific peoples' health.