Decisional issues in antibiotic prescribing in French nursing homes: An ethnographic study

• Main Authors: Taghrid Chaaban (Author), Mathieu Ahouah (Author), Pierre Lombrail (Author), Hélene Le Febvre (Author), Adnan Mourad (Author), Jean-Manuel Morvillers (Author), Monique Rothan-Tondeur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Medication prescription is generally the responsibility of doctors. In nursing homes, the nursing staff is often the first to suspect an infection. Today, physicians are more confident with nursing assessment, relying primarily on nursing staff information. Very few studies have investig...