Commentary Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting. Citation Text: Shojania KG. Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting. Can Med Assoc J. 2006;174(9). doi:10.1503/cmaj.050984. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL May 17, 2006 Shojania KG. Can Med Assoc J. 2006;174(9). View more articles from the same authors. The author presents three case examples of medication error in ambulatory settings, suggests how to avoid such errors, and provides a table describing common errors during the five stages of medication administration. Free full text PubMed citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Shojania KG. Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting. 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