Understanding the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication incidents: A qualitative study

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-89

  Williams, Steven D ^a,b   Phipps, Denham L ^b   Ashcroft, Darren M ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Error reporting; Hospital pharmacists; Medication incidents; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84872384751     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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