Medication error classification and avoidance

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 860-865

  Dunn, Eddie B ^a   Wolfe, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Patient connseling; Prescription writing

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DRUG; HYDROXYZINE; IBUPROFEN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LORAZEPAM; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; SELF REPORT; WRITING;

EID: 0030926473     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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