Cultural dimensions relevant to antimicrobial stewardship: The contribution of individualism and power distance to perioperative prescribing practices in European hospitals

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 124-127

  Cheng, Allen C ^a,b   Worth, Leon J ^a  

^a Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit Alfred Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INDIVIDUALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MASCULINITY; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84946573078     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: 18355625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI15010     Document Type: Article

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