The path of least resistance? Jurisdictions, responsibility and professional asymmetries in pharmacists' accounts of antibiotic decisions in hospitals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-103

  Broom, Alex ^a   Broom, Jennifer ^b   Kirby, Emma ^a   Scambler, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Australia; Hospital; Pharmacy; Qualitative; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84945143864     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.037     Document Type: Article

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