Negative Consequences That Result from Medicine Itself, Such as Errors

question 12

Multiple Choice

Negative consequences that result from medicine itself, such as errors when individuals are given the wrong drug, or there is a drug interaction, or when an individual becomes addicted to prescription drugs, provide examples of

• A) medical illness
• B) inappropriate prescribing
• C) enabling conditions
• D) illness behaviour
• E) iatrogenic illness

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