Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient setting

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 891-896

  Walsh, Kathleen E ^a   Dodd, Katherine S ^a   Seetharaman, Kala ^a   Roblin, Douglas W ^a   Herrinton, Lisa J ^a   Von Worley, Ann ^a   Usmani, G Naheed ^a   Baer, David ^a   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYPROHEPTADINE; DAPSONE; LEUPRORELIN; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ABSCESS; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONFUSION; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849136629     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.6072     Document Type: Article

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