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Polypharmacy in the terminally ill
Author(s) -
Cruikshank Ross P,
Stafford Bruce,
Jones Lee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja12.11660
Subject(s) - statistician , palliative care , polypharmacy , citation , medicine , terminally ill , library science , computer science , nursing , pathology
To the Editor\ud\udA significant number of patients who receive palliative care are over 65 years of age. In addition to their terminal illness, they often have other medical comorbidities. Long-term medical management of these conditions can evolve into a large regimen of medications. Patients may continue to take these medications as they enter the terminal phase of their illness, but it is often unnecessary and to their detriment..