Representações sociais do medicamento genérico por farmacêuticos: determinação dos sistemas central e periférico

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Maria Cleide Ribeiro Dantas de
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Outros Autores: Accioly Jr., Horácio, Raffin, Fernanda Nervo, Campos, Mariana Nunes, Cruz, Marcelle Marie Caldas, Alves, Markênia Kélia Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/2568
• topic: Medicamentos Genéricos; Farmacêuticos; Serviços Farmacêuticos

This article aimed to identify the central and peripheral systems in social representations of generic drugs by pharmacists, as well as their social and economic profile, thereby establishing potential mechanisms for improving policies for generic drugs in Brazil. The data collection instruments were a questionnaire and a word association test, the inductive cue of which was the term "generic drug". Data collected through the questionnaire produced a profile of pharmacists in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State, and key information related to the theme. Data analysis for the word association test used Evoc 99 software while content analysis used Bardin, thereby identifying the central system in social representations of generic drugs, consisting of the categories price, quality, and credibility, while the peripheral system consisted of the categories pharmaceutical care, social impact, novelty, accessibility, options, and interchangeability.