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@article{Hayhoe:2018:jac/dky223,
author = {Hayhoe, BWJ and BUTLER, CC and MAJEED, A and Saxena, S},
doi = {jac/dky223},
journal = {Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy},
pages = {2298--2304},
title = {Telling the truth about antibiotics: benefits, harms and moral duty in prescribing for children in primary care},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky223},
volume = {73},
year = {2018}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Antimicrobial resistance represents a growing threat to global health, yet antibiotics are frequently prescribed primary care for acute childhood illness, where there is evidence of very limited clinical effectiveness. Moral philosophy supports the need for doctors to consider wider society, including future patients, when treating present individuals, and it is clearly wrong to waste antibiotics in situations where they are largely clinically ineffective at the expense of future generations. Doctors should feel confident in applying principles of antibiotic stewardship when treating children in primary care, but they must explain these to parents. Provision of accurate, accessible information about the benefits and harms of antibiotics is key to an ethical approach to antimicrobial stewardship and to supporting shared decision making. Openness and honesty about drivers for antibiotic requests and prescribing may further allow parents to have their concerns heard and help clinicians to develop with them an understanding of shared goals.
AU  - Hayhoe,BWJ
AU  - BUTLER,CC
AU  - MAJEED,A
AU  - Saxena,S
DO  - jac/dky223
EP  - 2304
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0305-7453
SP  - 2298
TI  - Telling the truth about antibiotics: benefits, harms and moral duty in prescribing for children in primary care
T2  - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky223
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60237
VL  - 73
ER  -

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