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Published in: Drug Safety 8/2011

01-08-2011 | Commentary

The Fatal Love of Forms

Author: Bruce Hugman

Published in: Drug Safety | Issue 8/2011

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Ask any group of people how many of them love completing forms, and the number is likely to be ‘nil’. Observe the practice of almost any bureaucratic operation and assess the extent of their dependence on forms, and the answer is likely to be ‘substantial to obsessive’. These conclusions apply respectively, no less, to health professionals and pharmacovigilance centres. …
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Metadata
Title
The Fatal Love of Forms
Author
Bruce Hugman
Publication date
01-08-2011
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Drug Safety / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0114-5916
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1942
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/11595130-000000000-00000

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