Admitting medication errors: Five critical concepts

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-370

  Etchells, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; NOTE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 78249260894     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2010.041020     Document Type: Note

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