Pharmacy practice developments: the potential impact on pharmacists' legal liability.
The practice of pharmacy has changed over recent years with a greater emphasis on the patient and the provision of patient care services. This expanded role of pharmacists as medication managers has resulted in changes to their professional responsibility and potential legal liability. Recent international case law demonstrates an increased legal liability of pharmacists in certain instances. However, pharmacists' liability in this new context in Australia is yet to be clarified.
Hattingh
Laetitia
L
School of Pharmacy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, PMB 50, GCMC 9726, Queensland, Australia. l.hattingh@griffith.edu.au
Forrester
Kim
K
Smith
Nerida
N
Searle
Judy
J
D001315:Australia; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008508:Medication Errors; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*