The Relationship Between Ethical Reasoning and the Perception of Difficulty with Ethical Dilemmas in Pharmacy Students: Implications for Teaching Professional Ethics
The pharmacy profession, as is the case with much of health carein the United States, is undergoing a paradigm change from a profession that hashistorically emphasized the dispensing of prescriptions to one that is more patient-focused. As a result, opportunities for encountering ethical dilemmas ma...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
2001
|
| En: |
Teaching business ethics
Año: 2001, Volumen: 5, Número: 1, Páginas: 107-117 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Ethical Reasoning
B Ethical Dilemma B Teaching Professional B Alpha Level B Surrogate Measure |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | The pharmacy profession, as is the case with much of health carein the United States, is undergoing a paradigm change from a profession that hashistorically emphasized the dispensing of prescriptions to one that is more patient-focused. As a result, opportunities for encountering ethical dilemmas may increase. The presentinvestigation explored the relationship between 59 second year pharmacy students' moraldevelopment and their perceptions regarding the difficulty of resolving ethicalproblems commonly found in pharmacy practice. Based on theory it was hypothesized thatthose students who were more advanced in their moral development would perceive as lessproblematic common ethical dilemmas faced by practicing pharmacists. The DefiningIssues Test (DIT) was used as the surrogate measure of students' ethical reasoning. The hypothesis was supported (r = −0.287) at the 0.05 alpha level. The results and implications for educators are discussed. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1573-1944 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Teaching business ethics
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1026502902003 |
