Transparency or restricting gifts? Polish medical students' opinions about regulating relationships with pharmaceutical sales representatives
| Autor: | Marta Makowska, Emilia Kaczmarek, M Rodzinka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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business.industry Context (language use) 06 humanities and the arts General Medicine Bioethics Public relations 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Transparency Focus group Transparency (behavior) Legal regulations Medical students Pharmaceutical marketing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Qualitative research Original Article 060301 applied ethics 030212 general & internal medicine business Pharmaceutical industry |
| Zdroj: | Monash Bioethics Review |
| ISSN: | 1836-6716 |
| Popis: | Relationships between physicians and pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) often create conflicts of interest, not least because of the various benefits received by physicians. Many countries attempt to control pharmaceutical industry marketing strategies through legal regulation, and this is true in Poland where efforts are underway to eliminate any practices that might be considered corrupt in medicine. The present research considered Polish medical students’ opinions about domestic laws restricting doctors’ acceptance of expensive gifts from the industry, the idea of compulsory transparency, and the possibility of introducing a Polish Sunshine Law. A qualitative, focus group-based, interview method was used. Data were gathered from nine focus groups involving 92 medical students from three universities located in major Polish cities. The article presents a classification of opposing student views with regard to the consequences of introducing different legal solutions; this should be useful for policy makers deliberating on how to optimally regulate pharmaceutical marketing. The study’s results are discussed in the context of the public bioethical debate in Poland. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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