Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Human Behaviors in Online Pharmacies

Human Behaviors in Online Pharmacies

Grazia Orizio, Umberto Gelatti
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781466603158|ISBN10: 1466603151|EISBN13: 9781466603165
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch056
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Orizio, Grazia, and Umberto Gelatti. "Human Behaviors in Online Pharmacies." Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 661-670. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch056

APA

Orizio, G. & Gelatti, U. (2012). Human Behaviors in Online Pharmacies. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior (pp. 661-670). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch056

Chicago

Orizio, Grazia, and Umberto Gelatti. "Human Behaviors in Online Pharmacies." In Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, 661-670. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch056

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Online pharmacies are companies that sell pharmaceutical preparations via the Internet. The purpose of this contribution is to summarize the existing evidence on the issue, following four main research areas. The first is about data on consumers buying from online pharmacies. This is the most relevant area regarding behavioral aspects. The research area was tackled via different approaches, specifically: the study of cognitive characteristics and decision-making patterns, the definition of consumers’ socio-demographic characteristics via population-based surveys, clinical case reports on complications occurring in consumers of drugs purchased online, and the empirical study of risk perception regarding online pharmacies. Other research areas include the study of online pharmacy website characteristics (found by web scanning), and of the products bought online in terms of purchase characteristics and drug quality. A large amount of literature was dedicated to the complex legal and ethical implications raised by online pharmacies.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.