Impartiality and infectious disease: Prioritizing individuals versus the collective in antibiotic prescription.

CONCLUSIONS: Participants' attitudes were more oriented to society and sensitive to collective responsibility when informed about the social costs of antibiotic use and when considered from a third-person rather than first-person perspective. That is, as participants came closer to taking the perspective of an informed and impartial "ideal observer," their support for prioritizing society increased. Our findings suggest that, insofar as antibiotic policies and practices should be informed by attitudes that are impartial and well-informed, there is significant support for prioritizing society. PMID: 30908114 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: AJOB Primary Research - Category: Medical Ethics Tags: AJOB Empir Bioeth Source Type: research