Medication errors and the home care patient

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Mager, Diana R ^a,b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Nursing and Home Care   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

CAUSALITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACOPOEIAS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947520324     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000263430.00438.b3     Document Type: Review

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