Deprescribing as a strategy for improving safety of medicines in older people: Clinical and regulatory perspective

• Main Authors: Salvatore Crisafulli (Author), Elisabetta Poluzzi (Author), Carlotta Lunghi (Author), Vincenzo Di Francesco (Author), Luca Pellizzari (Author), Luca Pasina (Author), Chiara Elli (Author), Francesco Trotta (Author), Agnese Cangini (Author), Caterina Trevisan (Author), Maria Beatrice Zazzara (Author), Graziano Onder (Author), Gianluca Trifirò (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The ageing process is associated with an increased probability of accumulating health deficits, chronic conditions and geriatric syndromes, leading to a growing prevalence of multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions (of which, at least one physical condition). O...