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Is There Family Pressure in End of Life Decisions?
Family pressure is a consideration when you're trying to be patient centred and inent in, knowin hospital streats both patients and families. It's not uncommon to see a physician write an order for an anti biotic that is either not indicated for the type of suspected infection, or actually not having an infection period at all. And it's also risk for resistance. A lot of these patients are treated out in the communities,. maybe resistance isn't a concern for them individually, but for throwing out prescriptions for three day courses of levaquin, not only are we posing a side effect is to them, but also contributing to that resistance factor. Am, so family pressures, i