Physician and Pharmacist Liability: Medicolegal Cases That are Tough Pills to Swallow
We present four medicolegal cases involving medication errors, which led to patient harm and subsequent settlements or jury awards to patients. These cases each involved scenarios in which a medication was inappropriately prescribed and/or inappropriately dispensed. In such cases, it is often not ob...
Main Authors: | John C.S. Schupbach, Maria C. Kaisler, Gregory P. Moore, Benjamin J. Sandefur |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2021-05-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3ds6t9bb |
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