Prescribing under pressure: parent-physician conversations and antibiotics
Auteur :
Stivers, Tanya
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199756759
Date de publication :
15 déc. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
331 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Antibiotics will no longer cure many illnesses due to escalating bacterial resistance. Still, physicians continue prescribing antibiotics for viral illnesses. This book examines parent-physician conversations, asking how small differences in phrasing affect prescribing decisions, and how physicians deal with the social dilemma pitting individuals against a greater social good.