Fear of lawsuits may prompt some doctors to overprescribe antibiotics
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 17:28
in Health & Medicine
A new study led by a team of researchers at New York Medical College suggests that that medical liability concerns may be playing a role in the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings by encouraging clinicians to prescribe antibiotics more often and more broadly than clinical circumstances and evidence-based guidelines warrant. Link: http://www.nymc.edu