Potentially inappropriate medication and attitudes of older adults towards deprescribing
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An Ecological Approach to Reducing Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: Canadian Deprescribing Network.
Polypharmacy is growing in Canada, along with adverse drug events and drug-related costs. Part of the solution may be deprescribing, the planned and supervised process of dose reduction or stopping of medications that may be causing harm or are no longer providing benefit. Deprescribing can be a complex process, involving the intersection of patients, health care providers, and organizational a...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240463