Medication use risk management: Hospital meets home care

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 5-10

  Aufseeser Weiss, Miriam R ^a   Ondeck, Deborah Anne ^a  

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Author keywords

Medication errors; Medication use; Nursing administration; Quality improvement; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 52849084965     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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