Borutka, Tadeusz; Bułaś, Lucyna (Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II, 2009)
A pharmacist should live up to ethical and moral principles and have a great respect for human dignity and all his rights, amongst which the right to life as well as the right to integral development and health come to the fore. A profession of pharmacist is defined as a vocation, which has its explanation in Holy Scripture. Nowadays, as we are faced with dehumanisation of medicine in some of its sectors, there is an urgent need to encourage chemists to care about the proper accomplishment of their work. They should act according to their well-formed conscience and correctly understood concern for the health of patients. Besides, it must also be highlighted that the relationships between members of the professional association should be based on solidarity and mutual help. Finally, the Christs words: “in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me”, (Matth. 25:40) refer also to them.
