Guidelines for people not for diseases: the challenges of applying UK clinical guidelines to people with multimorbidity
Age and Ageing2012Vol. 42(1), pp. 62–69
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Abstract
clinical guidelines have played an important role in improving healthcare for people with long-term conditions. However, in people with multimorbidity current guideline recommendations rapidly cumulate to drive polypharmacy, without providing guidance on how best to prioritise recommendations for individuals in whom treatment burden will sometimes be overwhelming.