In January 2012 the Institute of Medicine in the United States published the report of a
consensus study on living well with chronic illness. The report made 17 recommendations for …

… Dee Mangin, professor2 … When it comes to detecting harms related to drugs, clinicians’
and patients’ judgment trumps trials, say David Healy and Dee Mangin. Failure to realise …

Background Patients with depression who are treated in primary care practices may receive
antidepressants for prolonged periods. Data are limited on the effects of maintaining or …

… Dee Mangin, senior lecturer in general practice1, … Dee Mangin, Kieran Sweeney, and
Iona Heath argue that, rather than prolonging life, preventive treatments in elderly people …

BACKGROUND: The Health TAPESTRY (Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience:
STRengthening QualitY) intervention was designed to improve primary care teamwork and …

Objective: To assess the effect of “hospital in the home” (HITH) services that significantly
substitute for inhospital time on mortality, readmission rates, patient and carer satisfaction, and …

Background Polypharmacy in older adults can be associated with negative outcomes including
falls, impaired cognition, reduced quality of life, and general and functional decline. It is …

Aims Deprescribing is the process of reducing or discontinuing medicines that are unnecessary
or deemed to be harmful. We aimed to investigate general practitioner (GP) perceived …

Globally, the number of drug prescriptions is increasing causing more adverse drug events,
which is now a significant cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability that has reached …

Objectives To identify studies of existing instruments available for clinicians to record overall
patient preferences and priorities for care, suitable for use in routine primary care practice in …