Documentation and Avoidable Death

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Updated 15 Nov 2022
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Documentation is a key clinical skill that reflects your practice and performance as a healthcare professional. However, when documentation is absent or poor, this can have devastating consequences for your patients. In this lecture, associate professor Linda Starr reviews real coroners cases where poor documentation was identified as a critical factor in patient deaths.

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Last updated15 Nov 2022

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