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Health care professionals' attitudes towards deprescribing in older patients with limited life expectancy: A systematic review.

Carina LundbyTrine GraabaekJesper RygJens SoendergaardJesper HallasDorthe Susanne Nielsen
Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2019)
Our results suggest that health care professionals' decisions to engage in deprescribing activities with older people with limited life expectancy depend on multiple factors which are highly interdependent. Consequently, there is an urgent need for more research on how to approach deprescribing in clinical practice within this population.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • clinical practice
  • community dwelling
  • middle aged
  • physical activity