Perceived causes of prescribing errors by junior doctors in hospital inpatients: a study from the PROTECT programme.

Sarah Ross; Cristin Ryan; Eilidh M Duncan; Jillian J Francis; Marie Johnston; Jean Ker; Amanda Jane Lee; Mary Joan MacLeod; Simon Maxwell; Gerard McKay; James McLay; David J Webb; Christine Bond

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Perceived causes of prescribing errors by junior doctors in hospital inpatients: a study from the PROTECT programme.

December 19, 2012

Ross S, Ryan C, Duncan EM, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(2):97-102.

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The causative factors leading to medication prescribing errors by resident physicians were elucidated through a qualitative approach that focused on identifying latent errors.

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