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The impact of unethical promotion of the pharmaceutical industry on drug consumer's behaviour

Authors :
Kovač-Žnideršić Ružica P.
Zelenović Jelena
Source :
Ekonomski Pogledi, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 15-29 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
University of Pristina in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Economics, 2014.

Abstract

The pharmaceutical industry in its development began to use promotion, in order to raise it's production and thus profit on a higher level. To succeed in this, it is actively started to use unethical promotion to influence doctors, but also to influence consumers of drugs. This industry seeks to influence consumer attitudes and purchasing decisions in order to put as much as possible impact on them. The subject of the research is the impact of unethical promotion of the pharmaceutical industry on drug consumer's behavior. The aim of the research is to determine how the drug consumers observe this industry. The hypothesis is that the unethical promotion of pharmaceutical industry is an increasingly prominent phenomenon, and its identification can determine its scope, impact and ability to control. The method used is a survey research.

Details

Language :
English, Serbian
ISSN :
14507951 and 23347570
Volume :
16
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Ekonomski Pogledi
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.975684a4f4794140b99d5fc670c7f9fa
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5937/EkoPog1404015K