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Barriers and facilitators to deprescribing in primary care: a systematic review

Alison Jayne Doherty, Paul Boland, Janet Reed, Andrew J Clegg, Anne-Marie Stephani, Nefyn Howard Williams, Beth Shaw, Lynn Hedgecoe, Ruaraidh Hill and Lauren Walker
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (3): bjgpopen20X101096. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101096
Alison Jayne Doherty
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Nefyn Howard Williams
3 Health Services Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Ruaraidh Hill
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Barriers and facilitators to deprescribing in primary care: a systematic review
Alison Jayne Doherty, Paul Boland, Janet Reed, Andrew J Clegg, Anne-Marie Stephani, Nefyn Howard Williams, Beth Shaw, Lynn Hedgecoe, Ruaraidh Hill, Lauren Walker
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (3): bjgpopen20X101096. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101096

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Alison Jayne Doherty, Paul Boland, Janet Reed, Andrew J Clegg, Anne-Marie Stephani, Nefyn Howard Williams, Beth Shaw, Lynn Hedgecoe, Ruaraidh Hill, Lauren Walker
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (3): bjgpopen20X101096. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101096
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