Description: Antibiotics will soon no longer cure many illnesses due to escalating bacterial resistance. Still, physicians continue prescribing antibiotics for viral illnesses. This book examines parent-physician conversations, asking how small differences in phrasing affect prescribing decisions, and how physicians deal with the social dilemma pitting individuals against a greater social good.
Review Quotes: "Prescribing Under Pressure makes a valuable contribution to the discussion of what we as a society can do about the problem of the over prescription of antibiotics."--M. Catherine Gruber, Linguist List