Graduate Student to Present Research in Amsterdam
Anthropology graduate student Aileen Watchko was selected to present a poster based on
her master’s thesis research at an international conference in Amsterdam entitled “Selling
Sickness” in October 2010. Her poster, entitled “The Unbranded Doctor – An Anthropological
Perspective,” is based on research conducted at a private, general medical practice in Madras,
Oregon. It seeks to understand physicians who have decided to become “unbranded” and reject
the current, standard relationship between medical practitioners and the pharmaceutical industry.
Understanding the issue through an anthropological perspective, the poster will pay particular
attention to the pharmaceutical gift cycle, the basis of the physician/pharmaceutical relationship.
Anthropology graduate student Aileen Watchko was selected to present a poster based on her master’s thesis research at the October 2010 "Selling Sickness" international conference in Amsterdam. Her poster, entitled “The Unbranded Doctor – An Anthropological Perspective,” is based on research conducted at a private, general medical practice in Madras, Oregon. It seeks to understand physicians who have decided to become “unbranded” and reject the current, standard relationship between medical practitioners and the pharmaceutical industry. Understanding the issue through an anthropological perspective, the poster will pay particular attention to the pharmaceutical gift cycle, the basis of the physician-pharmaceutical relationship.
July 22, 2010
