TY - JOUR T1 - Medication errors. Lessons for education and healthcare JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 267 LP - 267 VL - 21 IS - 2 AU - C E Brookes Y1 - 2004/03/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/267.1.abstract N2 - R Naylor. (Pp 333; price not stated). Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-956-7 “Never judge a book by its cover!” This proverb has particular relevance to Professor Naylor’s book as “medication errors” discusses a wide range of challenging issues. In particular, as well as an account of drug errors and their aetiology, it also provides a relevant and detailed commentary on adverse event reporting, risk management, and, consequently, clinical governance.About one million patients a day in the UK visit their doctor or hospital interacting with 700 000 healthcare staff. Many … ER -