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Deprescribing medication in very elderly patients with multimorbidity: the view of Dutch GPs. A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients with multimorbidity who are treated according to guidelines use a large number of drugs. This number of drugs increases the risk of adverse drug events (ADEs). Stopping medication may relieve these effects, and thereby improve the patient’s wellbeing. To facilitate manag...

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Autores principales: Schuling, Jan, Gebben, Henkjan, Veehof, Leonardus Johannes Gerardus, Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora Marcia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22697490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-56