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Pharmaceutical risk management: Special problems encountered in the hospital setting
Author(s) -
Benjamin David M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.5600180203
Subject(s) - risk management , liability , health care , drug reaction , medicine , quality (philosophy) , pharmaceutical care , quality management , health professionals , business , medical emergency , risk analysis (engineering) , intensive care medicine , nursing , drug , operations management , management system , pharmacology , engineering , philosophy , economics , economic growth , pharmacy , finance , epistemology
This article (1) reviews the types of adverse drug reactions that can occur, (2) discusses liability issues for hospitals and healthcare professionals who practice in a hospital or nursing home setting, and (3) presents risk management strategies for maximizing the quality of pharmaceutical care while minimizing exposure to risk.