JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 262-264 , May 2007

Overmedicating “Difficult” Patients

  • Francis Dominic Degnin, MPM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Francis Dominic Degnin, MPM, PhD, University of Northern Iowa, Philosophy and Religion, 135 Baker Hall, Cedar Falls, IA 50614.

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00044-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.01.029

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 262-264 , May 2007

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