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References

Medicine safety principles

1. Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Medicine safety: take care. Canberra: PSA; 2019.

2. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. National safety and quality health service standards. 2nd edn. Sydney: ACSQHC; 2017.

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Evidence-based medicine

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13. National Cancer Institute. Dictionary of cancer terms. At: www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=44782