Medication errors in family practice, in hospitals and after discharge from the hospital: an ethical analysis.

Peter A. Clark

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Medication errors in family practice, in hospitals and after discharge from the hospital: an ethical analysis.

April 21, 2005

Clark PA. J Law Med Ethics. 2004;32(2):349-57, 192.

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In this article, the author urges the medical community to universally apply the systems approach to safety toward the reduction of medical errors. The author calls for health care to take medication errors more seriously and for patients to help drive improvement.

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