THE TRADE WITH MEDICINE

Paul Popovici and Ovidiu Chiroban
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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.

Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant Juridique, 2013, vol. 52, 93-101

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.

Keywords: commerce; economic thinking; medicine; differentiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K29 K32 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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