Deprescribing medication in very elderly patients with multimorbidity:the view of Dutch GPs. A qualitative study
Background: Elderly patients with multimorbidity who are treated according to guidelines use a large number of drugs. This number of drugs increases the risk of adverse drug events (ADEs). Stopping medication may relieve these effects, and thereby improve the patient's wellbeing. To facilitate management of polypharmacy expert-driven instruments have been developed, sofar with little effect on the patient's quality of life. Recently, much attention has been paid to shared decision-making in general practice, mainly focusing on patient preferences. This study explores how experienced GPs feel a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Schuling , J , Gebben , H , Veehof , L J G & Haaijer-Ruskamp , F M 2012 , ' Deprescribing medication in very elderly patients with multimorbidity : the view of Dutch GPs. A qualitative study ' , BMC Family Practice , vol. 13 , 56 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-56 |
Schlagwörter: | General practice / Frail elderly / Polypharmacy / Withdrawing treatment / Preventive therapy / Quality of life / HEALTH OUTCOME PRIORITIZATION / TYPE-2 DIABETES-MELLITUS / SHARED DECISION-MAKING / OLDER PERSONS / MULTIPLE CONDITIONS / PRIMARY-CARE / PERCEPTIONS / CLINICIAN / LIFE / INFORMATION |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26670536 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/34c2dafd-e294-498b-a066-c9a337907671 |