Legal update - 1996
Article Abstract:
Medication errors can be costly, both financially and in patient lives. The Medication Errors Reporting Program has received 2,100 reports of medication errors since 1991. Five percent of those patients died. Other studies have estimated the incidence of medication errors to be much higher. Many of these incidents may have been preventable. Highlights of legal cases involving medication errors are presented.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 1997
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Legal update: 1996
Article Abstract:
Legal professionals must establish the presence of four factors to prove medical malpractice. The health professional must have had an established legal relationship with the client and medical responsibilities have to be violated resulting in damage to the client. The damage needs to be the direct result of the medical violation. Examples of these legal issues have been provided.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 1997
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