Prescribed medications and the public health : laying the foundation for risk reduction / William N. Kelly.

Author/creator Kelly, William N.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxxi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Medication Errors--prevention & control. --United States.
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
Safety Management--methods. --United States.

Contents America's drug problems -- The nature and scope of the medication safety problem -- How medication harms patients -- The problem of adverse drug reactions -- Dangerous allergic drug reactions -- Are drug interactions really dangerous? -- The most dangerous drug misadventure -- Are vaccines safe? -- Probing the ambulatory frontier -- The liability for drug injury -- Assessing the evidence of drug injury -- Detecting and documenting adverse drug events -- Investigating, assessing, and reporting adverse drug events -- Can serious adverse drug events be predicted? -- Preventing and reducing medication injury -- What's a patient to do? -- Developing national and local plans to improve medication safety -- Improving medication safety: pursuing optimization or perpetuating illusions?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-346) and index.
LCCN 2005029487
ISBN0789023601 :

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