Germs Are Germs, and Why Not Take a Risk? Patients' Expectations for Prescribing Antibiotics in an Inner-City Emergency Department

Conclusions. Our findings suggest that recent public health campaigns that have focused on educating patients about the differences between viruses and bacteria omit a key motivation for why patients expect antibiotics, supporting fuzzy-trace theory’s predictions about categorical gist. The implications for public health and emergency medicine are discussed.

Source: Medical Decision Making - December 17, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Broniatowski, D. A., Klein, E. Y., Reyna, V. F. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research