Errors in the medication process: frequency, type, and potential clinical consequences.

Marianne Lisby; Lars Peter Nielsen; Jan Mainz

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Errors in the medication process: frequency, type, and potential clinical consequences.

March 6, 2005

Lisby M, Nielsen LP, Mainz J. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;17(1):15-22.

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