Communication, Narratives and Antimicrobial Resistance

The conference “Communication, Narratives and Antimicrobial Resistance” at Merton College, Oxford, discussed the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from a humanities perspective. The event highlighted the need to balance short-term benefits of antimicrobials with long-term costs. AMR is estimated to cause up to 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The conference emphasized the importance of integrating medical-scientific and humanities-based approaches to understand and improve healthcare relationships and trade-offs between individual and collective interests.