Right drug, wrong patient: pharmacy errors are more common than you think
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Drug-dispensing errors are a common occurrence, requiring customers to be vigilant when having their prescriptions filled at pharmacies. These errors are attributed to understaffing and the consequent increase in workloads in the retail drug industry, coupled with rising prescription volume. Tips on how one's family can be protected from pharmacy errors are presented.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1998
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You can remake your life
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The lives of four individuals who changed their careers to gain more satisfaction out of their lives without sacrificing financial stability are portrayed. They are former CBS news correspondent Doug Tunnell, Lynn Peluso, founder of an adult day care center, ex-attorney Sheryl Draker and social worker Keith Johnson.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1999
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How hospitals are gambling with your life
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Issues are presented concerning the quality of service offered by hospitals. The employment of unlicensed assistants for tasks ranging from monitoring patients to suturing deep-tissue wounds is discussed.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2001
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