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Editorial
. 2024 Jul;72(7):1949-1951.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.18946. Epub 2024 May 15.

Deprescribing for people living with dementia: ALIGNing interventions and outcomes

Aimee N Pickering  1 , Timothy S Anderson  1   2
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Deprescribing for people living with dementia: ALIGNing interventions and outcomes

Aimee N Pickering et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jul.
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Anderson reports receiving grants from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Boston OAIC Pepper Center outside the submitted work, personal fees from the American Medical Association, and consulting fees from the American Medical Student Association.

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