How law can help solve the collective action problem of antimicrobial resistance

Steven J Hoffman; Reema Bakshi; Susan Rogers Van Katwyk

doi:10.1111/bioe.12597

How law can help solve the collective action problem of antimicrobial resistance

Bioethics. 2019 Sep;33(7):798-804. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12597. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

Authors

Steven J Hoffman^{1

2

3

4}, Reema Bakshi¹, Susan Rogers Van Katwyk^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Global Strategy Lab, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Faculty of Health, and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact and McMaster Health Forum, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance is a global collective action problem with dire consequences for human health. This article considers how domestic and international legal mechanisms can be used to address antimicrobial resistance and overcome the governance and political economy challenges that accelerate it.

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; collective action problems; global governance; international law.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / standards*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bioethics
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Federal Government*
Global Health / ethics*
Global Health / legislation & jurisprudence*
Humans
Politics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Grants and funding

312902/CIHR/Canada