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The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing
Author(s) -
Mair Alpana,
Wilson Martin,
Dreischulte Tobias
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1779
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , guideline , family medicine , intensive care medicine , pathology
Since 2012, NHS Scotland has published a series of polypharmacy guidelines to help clinicians address the many medication‐related problems arising from multimorbidity. Here, Alpana Mair, Chair of the guideline group, Martin Wilson and Tobias Dreischulte explain how the third and latest edition of the polypharmacy guidance has been updated to place a greater emphasis on what matters to the patient.