The worldwide increase in resistance to antimicrobial drugs has made reducing the
unnecessary use of antibiotics a public health priority. There have been campaigns in many …

Objectives: To review relevant literature and present evidence-based guidelines to assist
general and specialist medical practitioners in the evaluation and management of children …

Objectives To describe the role patient expectations play in general practitioners (GPs)
antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). Methods Concurrent …

Background The objectives of the study were to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes,
and behaviors regarding antibiotics of the general population in Italy, and to assess the …

Objective: To identify patient's preferences for patient centred consultation in general
practice. Design: Questionnaire study. Setting: Consecutive patients in the waiting room of …

Objectives: To better understand reasons for antibiotics being prescribed for sore throats
despite well known evidence that they are generally of little help. Design: Qualitative study …

Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient's perspective. The active
role of patients in their care should be recognised and encouraged. Patients have a key role …

Shared decision making, in which patients and health professionals join in both the process
of decision making and ownership of the decision made, is attracting considerable interest …

The second half of the consultation is where decisions are made and future management
agreed. We argue that this part of the clinical interaction has been'neglected'during a time …

Context. Despite growing concern over the escalating antimicrobial resistance problem,
physicians continue to inappropriately prescribe. It has been suggested that a major …