A comparison of handwritten and computer-assisted prescriptions in an intensive care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Evans, K Diane ^a   Benham, Stuart W ^a   Garrard, Christopher S ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerised prescribing; Critical care; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007427745     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc129     Document Type: Review

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