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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?

Assessment of validity Signup and view all the answers

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

Away from public health interests Signup and view all the answers

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

Examination of the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation Signup and view all the answers

What is the proposed conceptualization of interests in opposition to?

Objectivity and reality as social constructs Signup and view all the answers

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

Profit-maximization Signup and view all the answers

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

'Neo-liberal corporate bias' Signup and view all the answers

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

The assessment of the validity of techno-scientific knowledge claims Signup and view all the answers

Sociology of Pharmaceuticals: Research Programme

Choose a study mode

Podcast

Questions and Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the proposed conceptualization of interests in opposition to?

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

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

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

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