Professional Status and Physicians’ Views of Expanding Governmental Oversight of Prescribing Drugs:

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

Eric R.Wright¹ 

关键词: prescription drug abuse;    profession of medicine;    medical sociology;    prescription drug monitoring programs;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2378023117707647

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) represent new challenges to physicians’ professional autonomy and authority. In this study, physicians’ attitudes toward government officials’ use of PDMP data are explored using online survey data. In general, the physicians surveyed (n = 2,444) expressed qualified support of criminal justice officials’ accessing PDMP data to combat abuse. Also, doctors with higher professional status, older physicians, and those who prescribed more opioids were significantly less supportive of criminal justice oversight. The findings have implications both for reducing the prescription drug epidemic and for sociological research on the profession of medicine.

【 授权许可】

CC BY