Antibiotics can be compared to other forms of “tragedy of the commons,” whereby a common good (effective treatment of infections) is jeopardized by individual consumption and lack of stewardship.

Resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since we started using modern antimicrobials.

Patients living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) shoulder the greatest burden of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.

Some early adopters developed model ASPs that have helped set industry standards.

Cheating behaviors express characterological vices that undermine trustworthiness, which is key to executing stewardship duties well.

Dr Christy A. Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Should We Think of Early Career Cheaters as Capable of Stewardship?”

Dr Keith W. Hamilton joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr George Maliha, Keith Robert Thomas, and Mary Ellen Nepps: “How Might Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Influence Clinicians’ Autonomy and Organizations’ Liability?”

A recent journal article calls for a public policy that would require physician-researchers to demonstrate the absence of undue influence or coercion on informed consent.

Physician work stoppages in response to rising malpractice insurance rates are designed with the hope of raising public awareness about this problem.

The national physicians' strikes in South Korea in 2000 succeeded in raising public awareness of defects in the Korean medical system and the need to reconcile the government health insurance system and private doctors.