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Medication Errors: Lessons for Education and Healthcare
Robert Naylor
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Description for Medication Errors: Lessons for Education and Healthcare
paperback. This text looks at the incidence of adverse drug reactions and medication errors in hospitals and primary care; when such errors occur; the cost of medical errors; how to reduce errors; and the implications of error reduction for undergraduate teaching and professional aspirations in healthcare. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBP; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760.
Adverse events in patients caused by medical management are a serious and grossly underreported public health problem. One patient in ten entering hospital will suffer an adverse event of impairment, disability or death. This book is a major comprehensive examination of the incidence and causes of adverse events. Using data obtained from hospitals within the United Kingdom, United States and other developed countries, it examines the risk factors leading to errors, the human and financial costs, and the scope to reduce errors. In particular, it focuses on the need for a critical reappraisal of undergraduate teaching and clinical tuition. All ... Read more
Adverse events in patients caused by medical management are a serious and grossly underreported public health problem. One patient in ten entering hospital will suffer an adverse event of impairment, disability or death. This book is a major comprehensive examination of the incidence and causes of adverse events. Using data obtained from hospitals within the United Kingdom, United States and other developed countries, it examines the risk factors leading to errors, the human and financial costs, and the scope to reduce errors. In particular, it focuses on the need for a critical reappraisal of undergraduate teaching and clinical tuition. All ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
CRC Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857759563
SKU
V9781857759563
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99-1
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