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.

January 30, 2013

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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