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Risk work

On doing ‘risk work’ in the context of successful outcomes: exploring how medication safety is brought into action through health professionals’ everyday working practices

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Pages 209-225 | Received 30 Nov 2016, Accepted 26 May 2017, Published online: 13 Jun 2017

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