Deprescribing one year on: challenging the first iatrogenic epidemic

Nina Barnett¹, Doron Garfinkel^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Medicines Use and Safety Team, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK.
² Geriatric Palliative Service, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
³ Homecare Hospice Service, Israel Cancer Association, Givatayim, Israel.

Editorial

Nina Barnett et al. Eur J Hosp Pharm. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;25(2):63-64.

doi: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2017-001482. Epub 2018 Jan 27.

Nina Barnett¹, Doron Garfinkel^{2

3}

¹ Medicines Use and Safety Team, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK.
² Geriatric Palliative Service, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
³ Homecare Hospice Service, Israel Cancer Association, Givatayim, Israel.

No abstract available

Keywords: Deprescribing; General practitioners; Inappropriate prescribing; Pharmacists; Polypharmacy.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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