The role of communication in paediatric drug safety.

Claire Stebbing; Ian Chi Kei Wong; Rainu Kaushal; Adam Jaffe

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The role of communication in paediatric drug safety.

May 23, 2007

Stebbing C, Wong ICK, Kaushal R, et al. Arch Dis Child. 2007;92(5):440-5.

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The authors review the literature on how communication can help to manage and prevent medication errors.

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