Attitudes towards deprescribing among multi-ethnic community-dwelling older patients and caregivers in Malaysia: a cross-sectional questionnaire study.
Background Deprescribing describes a process of medication regimen optimization with the aim to reduce adverse events and improve quality of life. There is limited research on perceptions of older adults, defined as those 60 years of age and older, about their willingness to cease a medication in de...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 793 - 804 |
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Jun2019
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