Physician patient communication failure facilitates medication errors in older polymedicated patients with multiple comorbidities.

Jose Joaquin Mira; Domingo Orozco-Beltrán; Virtudes Pérez-Jover; Luciana Martínez-Jimeno; Vicente F Gil-Guillén; Concepción Carratala-Munuera; Manuel Sánchez-Molla; Salvador Pertusa-Martínez; Alberto Asencio-Aznar

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Physician patient communication failure facilitates medication errors in older polymedicated patients with multiple comorbidities.

September 12, 2012

Mira JJ, Orozco-Beltrán D, Pérez-Jover V, et al. Fam Pract. 2013;30(1):56-63.

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This survey of older adults who were taking more than five prescription medications daily found a strong association between poor physician–patient communication and an increased risk of patient-reported medication errors.

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