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| Title |
Cultures of resistance? A Bourdieusian analysis of doctors' antibiotic prescribing
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| Published in |
Social Science & Medicine, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.030 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alex Broom, Jennifer Broom, Emma Kirby |
| Abstract |
The prospect of an 'antimicrobial perfect storm' in the coming decades through the emergence and proliferation of multi-resistant organisms has become an urgent public health concern. With limited drug discovery solutions foreseeable in the immediate future, and with evidence that resistance can be ameliorated by optimisation of prescribing, focus currently centres on antibiotic use. In hospitals, this is manifest in the development of stewardship programs that aim to alter doctors' prescribing behaviour. Yet, in many clinical contexts, doctors' antibiotic prescribing continues to elude best practice. In this paper, drawing on qualitative interviews with 30 Australian hospital-based doctors in mid-2013, we draw on Bourdieu's theory of practice to illustrate that 'sub-optimal' antibiotic prescribing is a logical choice within the habitus of the social world of the hospital. That is, the rules of the game within the field are heavily weighted in favour of the management of immediate clinical risks, reputation and concordance with peer practice vis-à-vis longer-term population consequences. Antimicrobial resistance is thus a principal of limited significance in the hospital. We conclude that understanding the habitus of the hospital and the logics underpinning practice is a critical step toward developing governance practices that can respond to clinically 'sub-optimal' antibiotic use. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 17% |
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| Australia | 2 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 8% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 8 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 63% |
| Scientists | 7 | 29% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 216 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 209 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 16% |
| Researcher | 31 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 43 | 20% |
| Unknown | 39 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 34 | 16% |
| Psychology | 15 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 9 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 50 | 23% |
| Unknown | 50 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 December 2019.
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#1,032,604
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Outputs from Social Science & Medicine
#1,016
of 12,098 outputs
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#9,827
of 242,409 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Social Science & Medicine
#13
of 122 outputs
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