INVOLVEMENT OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PHARMACOGENOMIC TESTING IN COMMUNITY PHARMACY

Abstract

Cultural competence and ethical considerations are an important aspect that needs to be considered. In this regard, cultural competence is about an ability to understand and appreciate different people from different cultures. Ethical considerations are involved with adherence with different ethics while carrying out pharmacogenomic testing. It is unethical to carry out any type of testing on people from different cultures. The ethical considerations are approved in the form of a permission to carry out pharmacogenomic testing. The problems have been pointed where tribal populations have been facing a grave issue in the form of getting accurate treatment in the healthcare sector. The healthcare sector has certain discriminations where tribal populations do not get treatment. The pharmacogenomic testing is required to ensure cultural competence and also ethical considerations. The secondary research method has been used on account of usage of news articles and journal articles. The result and discussion have also been pointed out where 4 research studies have been considered. In this research primary research methods have not been used unlike the use of secondary research. The focus on different group of people shows that people have a significant knowledge on pharmacogenomic testing.