Exploring the causes of junior doctors' prescribing mistakes: A qualitative study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 310-319

  Lewis, Penny J ^a   Ashcroft, Darren M ^a   Dornan, Tim ^b   Taylor, David ^c   Wass, Val ^d   Tully, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical incident technique; hospitalists; internship; medication errors; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICATION ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84904886764     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12332     Document Type: Article

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