Sociology of Pharmaceuticals: Research Programme

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What is the proposed conceptualization of interests in the pharmaceutical industry?

  • Discourse conceptualization
  • Social construct conceptualization
  • Realist conceptualization (correct)
  • Actor-networks conceptualization

According to the text, what are the objective interests of pharmaceutical companies?

  • Profit-maximisation (correct)
  • Public health optimization
  • Regulatory decision making
  • Techno-scientific knowledge claims

How is the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation characterized at macro- and meso-levels?

  • 'Neo-liberal corporate bias' (correct)
  • 'Realist corporate bias'
  • 'Pharmaceutical industry bias'
  • 'Social construct bias'

What is essential for the sociological explanation of techno-scientific knowledge claims?

<p>Assessment of validity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way have commercial interests biased science in the pharmaceutical industry?

<p>Away from public health interests (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the realist empirical research programme proposed by John Abraham?

<p>Examination of the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the proposed conceptualization of interests in opposition to?

<p>Objectivity and reality as social constructs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what are the objective interests of pharmaceutical companies?

<p>Profit-maximization (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation characterized at macro- and meso-levels?

<p>'Neo-liberal corporate bias' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the realist sociology of scientific knowledge appreciate as essential for sociological explanation?

<p>The assessment of the validity of techno-scientific knowledge claims (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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