Prescribing practices, patterns, and potential harms in patients receiving palliative care: A systematic scoping review

• Main Authors: Cathal A. Cadogan (Author), Melanie Murphy (Author), Miriam Boland (Author), Kathleen Bennett (Author), Sarah McLean (Author), Carmel Hughes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Patients receiving palliative care often have existing comorbidities necessitating the prescribing of multiple medications. To maximize quality of life in this patient cohort, it is important to tailor prescribing of medication for preventing and treating existing illnesses and those for...