Improving medication error reporting in hospice care

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-367

  Boyer, Rachel ^b   McPherson, Mary Lynn ^a   Deshpande, Guarav ^b   Smith, Sheila Weiss ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Hospice; Medication error reporting; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MEDICATION ERRORS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350547834     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909109335145     Document Type: Article

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