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Deprescribing in older people
Poor uptake of interdisciplinary medicine reviews for older people is a barrier to deprescribing
BMJ 2016; 353 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3496 (Published 28 June 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;353:i3496
- Rohan A Elliott, clinical senior lecturer and senior aged care pharmacist1 2,
- Cik Yin Lee, research fellow1 3
- 1Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2Pharmacy Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 3Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- rohan.elliott{at}monash.edu
In their recent article about deprescribing through shared decision making,1 Jansen and colleagues note that many of the triggers for deprescribing can be identified only by a medicine review and that this review can be triggered by important “life transitions.” …
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