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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
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Critical to vs critical for

Medicines reconciliation iscritical to safe, effectivepatient care and was identi-fied as a key priority in therecent NICE guidance onMedicines Optimisation.1Here, Dr Shah and Dr Barnettprovide advice on conduct-ing a complete and accuratemedicines reconciliation.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/psb.1415

Please explain the use of "critical to vs critical for" in the context.

Why the preposition "for" doesn't fit here?

  

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To my ear, "is critical to ~" sounds more polished than "is critical for ~", though I do not perceive any significant difference in meaning, at least not in your example, and in practice you might see either used.

  • To my ear, "is critical to ~" sounds more polished than "is critical for ~", though I do not perceive any significant difference in meaning, at least not in your example, and in practice you might see either used.
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To my ear, "is critical to ~" sounds more polished than "is critical for ~", though I do not perceive any significant difference in meaning, at least not in your example, and in practice you might see either used.

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