Doctors, patients making decisions together could reduce number of antibiotics prescribed for acute respiratory infections

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

When doctors and patients are encouraged to discuss the need for prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory infections jointly, fewer are prescribed, new research shows. This may be useful in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

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