Prescribing Under Pressure: Parent-Physician Conversations and Antibiotics

by Tanya Stivers

Book Overview

Antibiotics will soon no longer be able to cure common illnesses such as strep throat, sinusitis and middle ear infections as they have done for the last 60 years. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing at a much faster rate than new antibiotics to treat them are being developed. The prescription of antibiotics for viral illnesses is a key cause of increasing bacterial resistance. Despite this fact, many children continue to receive antibiotics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199756759
• ISBN13: 9780199756759
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"