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"The US Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act encourages patients to act as their own advocates for reducing unnecessary prescriptions that increase the risk of harm. The American Board of Internal Medicine Choosing Wisely campaign echoes this message by asking older adults to refrain from using sleeping pills. According to the American Geriatrics Society, these medicines have been linked to memory problems, falls, fractures and motor vehicle accidents. &amp;quot;Many people believe that involving patients in the decision to curtail medical treatments is expecting too much,&amp;quot; says Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, Pharmacy Research Chair and geriatrician at the Institut universitaire de g\u00E9riatrie de Montr\u00E9al and professor at the University of Montreal. &amp;quot;On the contrary: we now have evidence that patients who are better informed make smarter choices.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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