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Published on: December 11, 2016
[Social representations of generic drugs by pharmacists: determination of the central and peripheral representational
Maria Cleide Ribeiro Dantas de Carvalho1, Horácio Accioly, Fernanda Nervo Raffin
1Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil. cleidevarvalho@hotmail.com
Abstract:
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.
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