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Non-antibiotic treatment recommendations: delivery formats and implications for parent resistance

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This study draws on a database of 570 community-based acute pediatric encounters in the USA and uses conversation analysis as a methodology to identify two formats physicians use to recommend non-antibiotic treatment in acute pediatric care (using a subset of 309 cases): recommendations for particular treatment (e.g., "I'm gonna give her some cough medicine.") and recommendations against particular treatment (e.g., "She doesn't need any antibiotics."). The findings are that the presentation of a specific affirmative recommendation for treatment is less likely to engender parent resistance to a non-antibiotic treatment recommendation than a recommendation against particular treatment even if the physician later offers a recommendation for particular treatment. It is suggested that physicians who provide a specific positive treatment recommendation followed by a negative recommendation are most likely to attain parent alignment and acceptance when recommending a non-antibiotic treatment for a viral upper respiratory illness.

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  • Stivers, Tanya, 2005. "Non-antibiotic treatment recommendations: delivery formats and implications for parent resistance," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 60(5), pages 949-964, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:60:y:2005:i:5:p:949-964
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