Poor physician-patient communication and medical error.

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Poor physician-patient communication and medical error.

June 30, 2021

Lazris A, Roth AR, Haskell H, et al. Am Fam Physician. 2021;103(12):757-759.

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Communication failures are primary threat to safe care. This commentary shares insights on communication problems that contributed to unsafe medication prescribing from both a clinicians and a patient/family perspective.

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