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The polypharmacy challenge: time for a new script?

Deborah Swinglehurst and Nina Fudge
British Journal of General Practice 2017; 67 (662): 388-389. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X692189
Deborah Swinglehurst
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London.
Roles: Clinical Reader, NIHR Clinician Scientist
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Nina Fudge
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London.
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vol. 67 no. 662 388-389
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X692189
PubMed 
28860279

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
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0960-1643
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1478-5242
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  • Published online August 31, 2017.

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© British Journal of General Practice 2017 This article is Open Access: CC BY-NC 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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  1. Deborah Swinglehurst, Clinical Reader, NIHR Clinician Scientist
  1. Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London.
  1. Nina Fudge, Research Associate in Social Sciences
  1. Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London.
  1. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Deborah Swinglehurst
    Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, 58 Turner Street, London E1 2AB, E-mail: d.swinglehurst{at}qmul.ac.uk
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