'The body gets used to them': Patients' interpretations of antibiotic resistance and the implications for containment strategies

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 766-772

  Brookes Howell, Lucy ^a   Elwyn, Glyn ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a   Wood, Fiona ^a   Cooper, Lucy ^b   Goossens, Herman ^c   Ieven, Margareta ^c   Butler, Christopher C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; patient beliefs; primary health care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862666881     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1916-1     Document Type: Article

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