Medication-harm study wake-up call for general practitioners treating older patients

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Medication-harm study wake-up call for general practitioners treating older patients

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New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Sharon Leitch 2021
Dunedin GP Sharon Leitch studied notes written between 2011 and 2013 by hundreds of doctors from 44 general practices involving 9706 patients
GPs should especially be on the ­lookout for medication-related harm in elderly patients, according to the lead author of a new study that crunched ge