Online Eczanelerin Yasak Öncesi ve Sonrasındaki Durumlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2012, Issue: 2, 109 - 118, 01.06.2012

Selen Yeğenoğlu

Abstract

Günümüzde internet kullanımının hızla arttığı bilinmektedir. İnternet kullanıcılarının bazısı sağlık ile ilgili bilgi aramanın yanı sıra çeşitli ürünleri internetten satın almayı da tercih etmektedirler. Türkiye’de internetten en çok satın alınan 10 ürünün arasında ilaçların da yer aldığı belirtilmektedir. Öte yandan yapılan çalışmalarda online eczanelerin ve bunların internet üzerinden ürün satışı yapmasının halk sağılığını tehdit ettiğine değinilmektedir. 2007 ve 2008 yıllarında yapılan yasal düzenlemelerle Türkiye’de online eczaneler yasaklanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, eczane internet sitelerinin söz konusu yasaktan önce ve sonraki durumları incelenmiştir.

Keywords

Serbest eczane, e-ticaret, eczacı lar, web sitesi, Türkiye

An Evaluation of the Community Pharmacy Web Sites Before and After the Online Pharmacy Prohibition

Abstract

It is known that the number of Internet users is increasing rapidly. Some of the Internet users prefer finding health information as well as purchasing various products online. It is indicated that drugs are in the top 10 best-selling products on the Internet in Turkey. On the other hand, it is emphasized that threats on the public health of these practices are referred in the studies about online pharmacies and drug selling on the Internet. Online pharmacies were prohibited with the regulations about online pharmacies in 2007 and 2008. In this study, the web sites of online pharmacies are analyzed before and after the prohibition.

Keywords

Retail Pharmacy, e-commerce, pharmacist s, Web site s, Turkey

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