Medicines optimization in the dementias.
Medicines play a key role in the management of persons with dementia by delaying cognitive decline and ameliorating the behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with dementia, when all other interventions have failed. The four guiding principles of medicines optimization: understanding the...
| Publicado en: | Nurse Prescribing Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 557 - 564 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Nov2014
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