Article ID: CBB001420970

“Wunschverordnung” oder objektiver “Bevölkerungsbedarf”? (2013)

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The history of benzodiazepine supply, as negotiated in the GDR following its commercial success in western markets in 1960, demonstrates how patients in East Germany (GDR) influenced drug policies by assuming the role of consumers. This article traces general political discussions on psycho-pharmaceuticals as essential components of a healthcare system that faced grave financial constraints, then focuses on the Wunschverordnung concept, that is, a prescription that was filled on request. This concept was ideologically employed to portray the rising demand for tranquilizer drugs as inadequate. The ways in which citizens of the GDR influenced state decisions---import and production alike---on tranquilizer supply through petitions is investigated. The article concludes by discussing the scope and function of the activist role of patients as consumers in a socialist state.

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Authors & Contributors
Kerk, Martje aan de
Gollo, Francesca
Garcia-Diaz, Celia
Salustri, Marco
Fusco, Vera
Mandelli, Elisa
Concepts
Patients
Health care
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatry
Medicine
Psychiatric hospitals
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
17th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Utrecht (Netherlands)
Institutions
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.)
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