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Reducing psychotropic drug use in people with dementia living in nursing homes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2020

Clive Ballard  and
Anne Corbett
Clive Ballard*
Affiliation:
University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
Anne Corbett
Affiliation:
University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
*
Email: c.ballard@exeter.ac.uk
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 32 , Issue 3: Issue Theme: Improving Healthcare in Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes , March 2020 , pp. 291 - 294
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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