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Original Research

Prescribing of psychotropic medication for nursing home residents with dementia: a general practitioner survey

Justin M CousinsSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Luke RE BereznickiSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
,
Nick B CoolingSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
&
Gregory M PetersonSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Pages 1573-1578 | Published online: 03 Oct 2017

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