Conference paper

ETHICAL APPROACH TO PHARMACOTHERAPY OF COMORBID STATES

Vesna Šendula-Jengić ; Psychiatric hospital Rab, Croatia
Suzana Jonovska ; Psychiatric hospital Rab, Croatia
Gordan Bošković ; Psychiatric hospital Rab, Croatia

Abstract

Ethics is an indispensable component of health care policy. Pharmacotherapy of comorbidity requires the use of a greater number of different drugs that have complex drug-drug interactions and drug-patient interactions which can cause various side-effects in the patient. The basic moral questions that justify the applied
psychopharmacotherapy are the patient's welfare and preference, optimal relationship between risk and gain for the patient, and some include cost benefit as well.

Keywords

comorbidity; pharmacotherapy; ethics

Hrčak ID:

49629

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/49629

Publication date:

25.8.2009.

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