High Quality Antibiotics : What Everyone Needs To Know (R) By Mary E. Wilson (US Edition, Paperback)

A STIRRING EXAMINATION OF A LOOMING CRISIS Virtually everyone has taken antibiotics. They can be lifesavers or they can be useless. But what are they How are they used And what happens as the effectiveness of antibiotics begins to decline Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) examines the personal and societal implications of our planet's most important and arguably most overused medications. In a questionandanswer format, it unpacks the most complicated aspects of this issue, including: * How antibiotics are used (and overused) in humans, plants, and livestock * The consequences to date, and the potential crisis ahead, as overuse of existing antibiotics breeds new resistance in bacteria * How the globalized world enables antibiotic resistance more quickly * Collateral damage, individually and societally, of antibiotic use * The difficult decisions ahead related to medical care and the food system Grounded in the latest scientific research and translated for general readers, Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) offers a cleareyed overview of where we are, and what the future holds, as antibiotics lose their might.Ships from and sold by EXPERAL SINGAPOREPublisher: Oxford University Press IncISBN 13: 9780190663407Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperbackPages: 408Dimensons: 210 x 140 x 29 | 456 (gram)