Confronting Polypharmacy and Social Isolation in Elderly Care: a General Practitioner's Perspective on Holistic Primary Care

Overview

Journal Front Aging

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2024 Jun 17

PMID 38881825

Authors

Waseem Jerjes

Daniel Harding

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