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Psychotropic drug use in aged care facilities: a reflection of a systemic problem?

Ian Maddocks
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/mja14.00091
Published online: 7 April 2014

To the Editor: Looi and Macfarlane have raised the important matter of inappropriate psychotropic drug use in residential aged care facilities (RACFs).1 Many other problems affect care in RACFs, including:


  • Palliative Care, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.


Correspondence: madd0064@flinders.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Looi JCL, Macfarlane S. Psychotropic drug use in aged care facilities: a reflection of a systemic problem? Med J Aust 2014; 200: 13-14. <MJA full text>

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