SALE OF REGULATED ANTIBIOTICS WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION - RESEARCH ON THE PHARMACISTS’ ATTITUDES AND PATTERNS OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR

The aim of this study is to explore the pharmacists’ attitudes and patterns of economic behavior during the sale of regulated antibiotics without a prescription. The sociological method of secret participant observation was used. The total number of the observations is 71 units. The results presented 52 (73.24%) of pharmacists surveyed as willing to perform a sale of regulated antibiotic agent, while 19 (26.76%) of them refused to provide the remedy without doctor’s prescription. The "patient-actor" role and the density of the population determine the pattern of economic behavior of the pharmacists.