1 Abstract: The diploma thesis applies sociological perspective on interrelationships of pharmaceutical industry, physicians and patients. Its main focus is on the role of pharmaceutical industry in context of relationships with the two other actors. The first part of the work summarizes available Czech and mainly foreign social science literature referring to the broad network of relations. The transformation of medical profession in current society and the development of international pharmaceutical industry in the Czech Republic are also discussed. The empirical part of the thesis reports the findings of a qualitative interview study undertaken with ambulatory physicians concerning their relationships with pharmaceutical companies. The goal of the research was to explore how and why Czech physicians interact with the pharmaceutical companies, gain insight into their ethical evaluation and assessment of consequences and detect the strategies and rationalizations they use to cope with these relationships. Keywords: pharmaceutical industry, physician, patient, conflict of interest, sociology of medicine
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:307133 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Matúšová, Petra |
| Contributors | Vinopal, Jiří, Hamplová, Dana |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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