Nursing management of medication errors

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-39

  Luk, Leung Andrew ^a   Ng, Wai I Milly ^a   Ko, Kam Ki Stanley ^a   Ung, Vai Ha ^b  

^a KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Incident disclosure; Medication errors; Nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 40549120971     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007083932     Document Type: Article

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