An assessment of the quality and impact of NPSA medication safety outputs issued to the NHS in England and Wales

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 360-365

  Lankshear, Annette ^a   Lowson, Karin ^b   Weingart, Saul N ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; WALES;

EID: 79953775786     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.040287     Document Type: Article

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