Abstract
A survey instrument was used to test the public's attitudes toward the "honesty and ethical standards" of pharmacists. In addition, an Adjective Check List (ACL) instrument was utilized, and demographic information collected. Seventy-three pharmacists composed group I and completed instruments without being told that pharmacists take yearly polygraph tests. Fortyeight patients composed group I1 ("polygraph group") and completed instruments after be~ng informed hat phirmaiists take yearly polygraph tests. Group IU contained 52 patients who completed the instrument without mention of the polygraph. descriptive differences were apparent between groups I1 and Dl on the "honesty and ethical standards" (HES) instrument. The polygraph group was more pessimistic in its ratings of 10 out of 12 professions rated on the HES instrument than was the non-polygraph group. However, when the FUNCAT function of the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) was utilized to analyze these data, no statistically significant differences in the way the 3 groups rated pharmacists on "honesty and ethical standards" could be detected