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Herb Kohl: We have a responsibility to patients and to their families to ensure that elderly nursing home residents are free from…

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
We have a responsibility to patients and to their families to ensure that elderly nursing home residents are free from all types of unnecessary drugs.
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Herb Kohl
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Emphasizing the duty to protect elderly patients from unnecessary medication.

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