Is there a cure for drug errors?
BMJPublished 19 August 1995Open access
R E Ferner
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Drug errors are clearly an important cause of morbidity in hospital and probably in general practice and more important still is to devise a strategy for reducing errors.
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MedicineHealth ProfessionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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