Deontological violations of community pharmacies in Turkey
Articles > Article · 2019
Authors: Bülent KIRAN, Elif Gizem KARACA
ISTANBUL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2019, vol 49, pp 20-24
DOI: 10.26650/istanbuljpharm.2019.18009
Summary
Deontological violations are important in terms of reputation of public health, pharmacy profession, and protection of public finance. The aim of this study is to determine types and prevalence of deontological crimes reflected in records of High Honor Court (HHC) in Turkish Pharmacists' Association (TPA), to develop proposals on corrective and preventive occupational policies. Crime types in disciplinary files were classified according to classification method of deontological crimes in 3-groups, and results were evaluated by frequency and percentage distributions.