Deprescribing medication in very elderly patients with multimorbidity: The view of Dutch GPs. A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schuling, Jan ^a   Gebben, Henkjan ^a   Veehof, Leonardus Johannes Gerardus ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; General practice; Polypharmacy; Preventive therapy; Quality of life; Withdrawing treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862213458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-56     Document Type: Article

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