title: Medication misadventure in cancer care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the nature and scope of the problem of medication errors in health care, with specific implications for error reduction and prevention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Articles and research studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because of the complexity of chemotherapeutic regimens, requirements for supportive care drugs, and the physiologic vulnerability of patients due to their malignancies and intensive therapies, patients with cancer should be the focus of interdisciplinary medication error prevention programs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses play a critical role in patient safety and the implementation of preventive and risk-reducing interventions to improve the drug delivery process.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schulmeister
authors.forename: Joel D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lajeunesse
authors.forename: Roger W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents