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The Trade With Medicine

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  • Paul POPOVICI

    (Ph. D. Assistant Professor, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University, Cluj-Napoca Law Faculty, ROMANIA.)

  • Ovidiu CHIROBAN

    (MD, Assistant, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of General Medicine, ROMANIA.)

Abstract

Is there a link between trade and medicine? As origins, commercial interests were foreign from the medical tradition; in other words, the answer would be negative. From this point of view, the differences between a hospital and a commercial enterprise should be more than obvious. It will therefore be very important to note the differences between a doctor from a trader, a patient from a customer, and eventually the patient from the merchandise. Is medicine a business? Although the answer is negative in theory, in practice we can find answers in formal terms that are positive (unfavorable but by implication). In fact, this is a tribute paid to a number of shortcomings: from the lack of a vocational education to the anemic reaction of various institutions with a precise role in this direction.

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  • Paul POPOVICI & Ovidiu CHIROBAN, 2013. "The Trade With Medicine," Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant Juridique, Petru Maior University, Faculty of Economics Law and Administrative Sciences and Pro Iure Foundation, vol. 52, pages 93-101, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pmu:cjurid:v:52:y:2013:p:93-101
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    Keywords

    commerce; economic thinking; medicine; differentiation;
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    JEL classification:

    • K29 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Other
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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