How the Suboxone Education Programme presented as a solution to risks in the Canadian opioid crisis: a critical discourse analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pharmaceutical industry involvement in medical education, research and clinical practice can lead to conflicts of interest. Within this context, this study examined how the 'Suboxone Education Programme', developed and delivered by a pharmaceutical company as part of a federally regulated risk management program, was presented as a solution to various kinds of risks relating to opioid use in public documents from medical institutions across Canada.

Setting

These documents were issued during the Canadian opioid crisis, a time when the involvement of industry in health policy was being widely questioned given industry's role in driving the overprescribing of opioid analgesics and contributing to population-level harms.

Design

A critical discourse analysis of

SUBMITTER: Sud A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277368 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature