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. 2008 Apr 26;336(7650):956-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.671053.94. Epub 2008 Apr 8.

Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly People: A substantial cause of preventable illness

Jerry Avorn  1 , William H Shrank
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Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly People: A substantial cause of preventable illness

Jerry Avorn et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Doctors should pay greater attention to managing the risk-benefit relationship to improve care of patients over 65, urge Jerry Avorn and William Shrank. The challenge of safer prescribing, says Anne Spinewine (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.686458.94), lies in shared decision making

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Competing interests: None declared.

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