"It's safer to ..." parent consulting and clinician antibiotic prescribing decisions for children with respiratory tract infections: AN analysis across four qualitative studies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 136-137, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-164

  Cabral, Christie ^a   Lucas, Patricia J ^a   Ingram, Jenny ^a   Hay, Alastair D ^a   Horwood, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Child health; Consulting; Health behaviours; Prescribing; Primary care; Social norms; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DRUG PRESCRIBING; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAINDICATIONS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84930199078     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.027     Document Type: Article

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