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Richard Blumenthal: “Over use of antipsychotics, as I don't need to tell the two witnesses and probably most of the people who are attending…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
Over use of antipsychotics, as I don't need to tell the two witnesses and probably most of the people who are attending today, is a form of elder abuse, plain and simple.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the misuse of antipsychotics in elder care as elder abuse.

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