The deprescribing rainbow: a conceptual framework highlighting the importance of patient context when stopping medication in older people

Abstract The area of “deprescribing” has rapidly expanded in recent years as a positive intervention to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and improve health outcomes for (older) people with multimorbidity. While our understanding of deprescribing as a process has greatly improved and existing approa...

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Main Authors: Adam Todd, Jesse Jansen, Jim Colvin, Andrew J. McLachlan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0978-x