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- Title
How to Prescribe Fewer Unnecessary Antibiotics: Talking Points That Work with Patients and Their Families.
- Authors
FLEMING-DUTRA, KATHERINE E.; MANGIONE-SMITH, RITA; HICKS, LAURI A.
- Abstract
The authors discusses several points on how to prescribe few unnecessary antibiotics to patients. They are particular on the benefits of antibiotic resistance in public health problems, the link of antibiotic use during childhood to the increased risks of autoimmune diseases and obesity, and how patients and families respond to the use of antibiotics who relies on how clinicians prescribe them.
- Subjects
SIDE effects of antibiotics; DRUG prescribing; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; RISK of childhood obesity; MEDICAL care; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
American Family Physician, 2016, Vol 94, Issue 3, p200
- ISSN
0002-838X
- Publication type
editorial