{"title":"Should we deprescribe the term “deprescribing”?","authors":"Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell, Aili Langford","doi":"10.1136/bmj.q2007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We were surprised to read that the term “deprescribing” raises concerns for Zermansky.1 We counter that deprescribing—both the term and the concept—serve an important and specific function in achieving person centred drug management. Deprescribing is “the process of withdrawal of an inappropriate medication, supervised by healthcare professionals with the goal of managing polypharmacy and improving outcomes.”2 This definition places patients and their drug …","PeriodicalId":22388,"journal":{"name":"The BMJ","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The BMJ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2007","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We were surprised to read that the term “deprescribing” raises concerns for Zermansky.1 We counter that deprescribing—both the term and the concept—serve an important and specific function in achieving person centred drug management. Deprescribing is “the process of withdrawal of an inappropriate medication, supervised by healthcare professionals with the goal of managing polypharmacy and improving outcomes.”2 This definition places patients and their drug …
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