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Last month's issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics explored antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a complex challenge emblematic of the interconnectedness of living systems-from the smallest microorganisms to enduring global ecosystems-all linking back to human action, health, and disease.It is this interconnectedness that demands a unique, collaborative approach to finding solutions.This issue examines antimicrobial stewardship, a response to the threat of AMR.Antimicrobial stewardship is a tool kit of structured interventions generally operating at the same levels as AMR, with individual-, clinician-, and patient-level tools, organizational tools, and social and public health tools. 1 The purpose of stewardship at every level is to guide the use of antimicrobials-but toward what end?
Olivia S. Kates (Sat,) studied this question.