What causes prescribing errors in children? Scoping review

What causes prescribing errors in children? Scoping review

Objectives (1) Systematically assemble, analyse and synthesise published evidence on causes of prescribing error in children. (2) Present results to a multidisciplinary group of paediatric prescribing stakeholders to validate findings and establish how causative factors lead to errors in practice.De...

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Main Authors:	Mary P Tully, Tim Dornan, Richard L Conn, Orla Kearney, Michael D Shields
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:	BMJ Open
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e028680.full
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