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
Abortion laws raise privacy questions
Wednesday 22 June 2022, 02:00 AM

The US abortion debate is not just an American issue [image: Gayatri Mahotra on Unsplash]
Jess Ducey argues that protecting people’s privacy means not just our secrets or personal data – but our self-determination and bodily autonomy
A potential US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the landmark case that established a legal right to abortion without excessive governme, Jess Ducey, Jess Ducey [image: Maeve O'Connell]
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