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Archive Home > 2006 > May > 25 > When is it time to stop medicating?

When is it time to stop medicating?

Little guidance exists for physicians to use

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
May 25, 2006

Dr. Holly Holmes, a geriatrician and a professor of medicine at the University Chicago, was confounded by a fax she received from a local pharmacy. Holmes and her colleagues oversee the care for patients in a local nursing home. The pharmacy was suggesting that under accepted guidelines of care,....

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