Dr Clive Bowman - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:20:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Dr Clive Bowman - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 A pragmatic approach to prescribing in care homes https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/a-pragmatic-approach-to-prescribing-in-care-homes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-pragmatic-approach-to-prescribing-in-care-homes Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/a-pragmatic-approach-to-prescribing-in-care-homes/ From the Department of Health to Dementia Action Alliance the knives have been out fordoctors who prescribe antipsychotics in dementia. But has the voice of pragmatism been lost inthe din of righteous indignation? While good care can make antipsychotics largely redundantthere will always be occasions when sedation is in the patient's best interests. What are needed,therefore, are expert guidelines informed by experience.

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