Is Mindful Reflective Practice the way forward to reduce medication errors?

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 413-416

  Pezzolesi, Cinzia ^a   Ghaleb, Maisoon ^a   Kostrzewski, Andrzej ^a   Dhillon, Soraya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical practice; patient safety; prescribing errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG MONITORING; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; MINDFUL REFLECTIVE PRACTICE; MOOD DISORDER; MORALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; STRESS; YOGA;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIBING ERRORS;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MINDFULNESS; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 84887462393     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12031     Document Type: Article

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