Too Many Antibiotics? Thank Your Lawyer

Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 13:35 in Health & Medicine

A new study suggests that the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings results from clinicians who prescribe antibiotics more often and more broadly than clinical circumstances and evidence-based guidelines warrant because of medical liability concerns. So it isn't politicians or insurance companies who are picking your treatment, it is lawyers.   read more

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