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Abstract
Inappropriate polypharmacy and its associated harm pose a significant threat to older patients. The prescribing decisions of physicians greatly influence what other practitioners prescribe. Minimising medication-related harm requires physicians to adopt a systematic approach to the deliberate and judicious deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medicines in at-risk individuals.Entities:
Keywords: deprescribing; harm; medicine; older patient; polypharmacy
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25735580 DOI: 10.1111/imj.12693
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med J ISSN: 1444-0903 Impact factor: 2.048