Study Listen carefully: the risk of error in spoken medication orders. Citation Text: Lambert BL, Dickey LW, Fisher WM, et al. Listen carefully: the risk of error in spoken medication orders. Soc Sci Med. 2010;70(10):1599-608. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.042. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL April 14, 2010 Lambert BL, Dickey LW, Fisher WM, et al. Soc Sci Med. 2010;70(10):1599-608. View more articles from the same authors. This auditory perception study explored factors that led to erroneous verbal orders. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Lambert BL, Dickey LW, Fisher WM, et al. Listen carefully: the risk of error in spoken medication orders. Soc Sci Med. 2010;70(10):1599-608. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.042. 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