Medication errors with opioids: Scoping the extent of the problem in specialist palliative care inpatient services

Authors

Nicole Heneka, University of Notre Dame
Tim Shaw, University of Sydney
Debra Rowett, Flinders University
Samuel Lapkin, University of WollongongFollow
Jane Phillips, University of Technology SydneyFollow

RIS ID

131663

Publication Details

Heneka, N., Shaw, T., Rowett, D., Lapkin, S. & Phillips, J. (2017). Medication errors with opioids: Scoping the extent of the problem in specialist palliative care inpatient services. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 25 (6), 42.

Abstract

Opioids are a high-risk medicine, used extensively in palliative care to manage cancer pain and other end of life symptoms.