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
When your patient has a gun: Changes to firearms legislation
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When your patient has a gun: Changes to firearms legislation
Thursday 7 November 2019, 01:40 PM

Clinicians are likely to be more involved with police regarding firearms licences
PRIVACY MATTERS
Policy advisor in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner Vee Blackwood outlines the impact on health practitioners of new proposed gun legislation
The new section does not impose any obligation on health practitioners to disclose patient in-formation to the police
Following the tragic events
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