Medication safety in a psychiatric hospital

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Mann, Klaus ^a,c   Keohane, Carol A ^a   Williams, Deborah H ^d   Foskett, Cathy ^a   Rosen, Stanley L ^e   Flaherty, Linda ^e   Chu, James A ^b,e   Bates, David W ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Patients safety; Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NURSING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847256520     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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