For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Cries for justice: Forced adoptions demand acknowledgement
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Cries for justice: Forced adoptions demand acknowledgement
Friday 1 November 2024, 04:44 PM

The trauma, grief and lasting health impact of forced adoptions is long overdue for recognition [Image: Tim Bish on Unsplash]
“These were the women whose babies had been snatched away at birth...placed in forced adoptions and now considered to be one of the worst injustices i
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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