Comment on: Ethical dilemmas in antibiotic treatment

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1302-1303

  Mertz, Marcel ^a   Mertz, Dominik ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Principlism; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRINCIPLISM; UTILITARIANISM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84859588747     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks025     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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