Medicine & Health · Geriatrics & Palliative Care
A topic within Geriatrics & Palliative Care, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Medicine & Health.
2 works
Beers et al.
Constructs the first explicit, consensus-derived list of medications whose risk in older adults outweighs their benefit, arguing that inappropriate prescribing can be identified against criteria rather than left to individual judgement.
O'Mahony et al.
Provides an explicit, physiology-based list of medications to stop and start in older patients, arguing that inappropriate prescribing in the elderly is systematic and predictable enough to be screened for at the bedside rather than left to individual clinical judgement.
link checked 17 Sept 2026