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Educating Patients on Unnecessary Antibiotics: Personalizing Potential Harm Aids Patient Understanding

Benjamin J. Miller, Kathryn A. Carson and Sara Keller
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 969-977; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200210
Benjamin J. Miller
From the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD (BJM); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (KAC); Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD (SK).
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Kathryn A. Carson
From the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD (BJM); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (KAC); Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD (SK).
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Sara Keller
From the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD (BJM); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (KAC); Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD (SK).
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