Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know(R)

By Mary E. Wilson

Book Overview

Virtually everyone has taken antibiotics. They can be lifesavers -- and they can be useless. What are they? How are they used? And what happens as the effectiveness of antibiotics continues to decline?

Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) examines the personal and societal implications of our planet's most important -- and frequently misused -- medications. In a question-and-answer format, it unpacks the most complicated aspects of this issue, including: How antibiotics are used (and overused) in humans, plants, and livestock; the causes and consequences of bacterial resistance to antibiotics; how the globalized world enables antibiotic resistance to spread quickly; and the difficult decisions ahead for both medical care and the food system.

Grounded in the latest scientific research and crafted for general readers, Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) offers a clear-eyed overview of where we are, and what the future holds, as antibiotics lose their power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190663405
• ISBN13: 9780190663407
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"