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How I Was Prescribed an Unnecessary Antibiotic While Traveling to a Conference on Antibiotic Resistance

How I Was Prescribed an Unnecessary Antibiotic While Traveling to a Conference on Antibiotic... Opinion pitalized with end-stage emphysema and severe pneumonia. The happened shortly after such end-of-life talks were portrayed in the family actively sought hospice care but received no help from her political debate as deciding “when to pull the plug on grandma.” hospital, which transferred her to a nursing home still gasping for What our family did for my grandmothers was the opposite of aban- breath. One evening several days later, my grief-stricken father spot- donment; these were difficult acts of caring and love in the face of ted the words “Palliative Care” on the coat of a physician who was extreme suffering. We clinicians know that more is usually less when leaving another patient’s room. My father begged him to see his patients are near the end of life, and we should better support pa- mother, and the harried physician, after a pause, agreed and went tients and families in making difficult treatment decisions. We owe to see her. He returned a few minutes later and said, “your mother it to our patients, our grandparents, our parents, and ourselves. is dying.” My father, with a mix of sadness and relief, replied, “I’ve I now work in public health, where http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association

How I Was Prescribed an Unnecessary Antibiotic While Traveling to a Conference on Antibiotic Resistance

JAMA Internal Medicine , Volume 174 (9) – Sep 1, 2014

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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6106
eISSN
2168-6114
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3412
pmid
25089657
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Abstract

Opinion pitalized with end-stage emphysema and severe pneumonia. The happened shortly after such end-of-life talks were portrayed in the family actively sought hospice care but received no help from her political debate as deciding “when to pull the plug on grandma.” hospital, which transferred her to a nursing home still gasping for What our family did for my grandmothers was the opposite of aban- breath. One evening several days later, my grief-stricken father spot- donment; these were difficult acts of caring and love in the face of ted the words “Palliative Care” on the coat of a physician who was extreme suffering. We clinicians know that more is usually less when leaving another patient’s room. My father begged him to see his patients are near the end of life, and we should better support pa- mother, and the harried physician, after a pause, agreed and went tients and families in making difficult treatment decisions. We owe to see her. He returned a few minutes later and said, “your mother it to our patients, our grandparents, our parents, and ourselves. is dying.” My father, with a mix of sadness and relief, replied, “I’ve I now work in public health, where

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JAMA Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 1, 2014

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