Medication misadventure in cancer care

Seminars in oncology nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-120

  Boyle, Deborah A ^a   Schulmeister, Lisa ^b   Lajeunesse, Joel D ^a   Anderson, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY NURSING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036580206     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sonu.2002.32508     Document Type: Article

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