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The Wrong Medicine: Quaid on Medical Mistakes
"60 Minutes." CBS News Video. March 16, 2008.
This news video features an interview with Dennis and Kimberly Quaid discussing the dangers of medical errors in the context of a near fatal heparin overdose of their twin infants at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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FACT SHEET/FAQS
An 8-Step Check List for Medicine Safety.
Vienna, VA: The Partnership for Safe Medicines; 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series.
Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Aspden P, Wolcott J, Bootman JL, Cronenwett LR, eds. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2007.
STUDY
Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory care: an online tool for planning education and research.
Brown M, Frost R, Ko Y, Woosley R. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;62:302-315.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
To protect against drug errors, ask questions.
Brody JE. New York Times. January 2, 2007:F7.
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Neonatology and Intensive Care
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Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events
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Cognitive Errors ("Mistakes")
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Narrative/Storytelling
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United States of America