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Review
. 2000 Nov 11;321(7270):1212-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1212.

Medication errors that have led to manslaughter charges

R E Ferner  1
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Review

Medication errors that have led to manslaughter charges

R E Ferner. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Number of British doctors charged with manslaughter as a result of the death of a patient, 1970-99
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Figure 2
Therapeutic snakes and ladders. Error is possible during each step of prescribing and giving drugs, and at each check; if checks are omitted, disaster is more likely, but checks later in the process may stop errors that occurred earlier in the process. The last step is irrevocable
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