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Barricades and brickwalls – a qualitative study exploring perceptions of medication use and deprescribing in long-term care
BACKGROUND: The co-administration of multiple drugs (polypharmacy) is the single most common cause of adverse drug events in the older population, and residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at particularly high risk of medication harm. ‘Deprescribing’ – the withdrawal of an inappropriate...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0181-x |