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Utilizing Medical Malpractice Data to Mitigate Risks and Reduce Claims

|Articles|April 1, 2016

A Patient's Vague Description of Medication Effects

Author(s)Jon Carter

Patients can sometimes be vague when talking about how they reacted to a medication a doctor has prescribed.

Patients can sometimes be vague when talking about how they reacted to a medication a doctor has prescribed. This patient took that vagueness to another level.

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