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
Registrar thinking with... Francis Katoa
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Registrar thinking with... Francis Katoa
Monday 3 April 2023, 10:24 AM

Third-year GP registrar Francis Katoa says he was not expecting female patients to confide in him about domestic abuse to the extent they have [Image: Supplied]
GP registrars are the future of general practice, and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa wants to hear from them. We asked Francis Katoa 11 questions about general practice, medical school and what excites him about his career ahead
Francis (he/him) is a third-year GP registrar at Etu Pasifika in Mt Wellington, Auckland.
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Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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