How to Mitigate Community Harms of Antibacterial Resistance With Patient-Centered Care.

Q2 Social Sciences

AMA journal of ethics Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI:10.1001/amajethics.2024.494

Chelsea Modlin

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Abstract

Overprescription of antibiotics in cases in which bacterial infection is clinically uncertain contributes to increased prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Ethically, merits and drawbacks of stricter prescription practice oversight should be weighed against risks of untreatable bacterial infections to patients and communities. This article considers how to balance this set of ideas and values.

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如何通过以患者为中心的护理减轻抗菌药耐药性对社区造成的危害？

在临床上无法确定细菌感染的情况下过度开具抗生素处方，会导致耐多药细菌的流行率上升。从伦理角度看，更严格的处方实践监督的利弊应与患者和社区面临的无法治疗的细菌感染风险进行权衡。本文探讨了如何平衡这一系列观点和价值观。

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AMA journal of ethics Social Sciences-Health (social science)

CiteScore

1.90

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0.00%

发文量

146

期刊介绍： The AMA Journal of Ethics exists to help medical students, physicians and all health care professionals navigate ethical decisions in service to patients and society. The journal publishes cases and expert commentary, medical education articles, policy discussions, peer-reviewed articles for journal-based and audio CME, visuals, and more. Since its inception as an editorially-independent journal, we promote ethics inquiry as a public good.