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
‘General practice’ – but is it? In search of a name that says who we are and what we do
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‘General practice’ – but is it? In search of a name that says who we are and what we do
Wednesday 7 June 2023, 12:30 AM

The doctor was always “he”, usually the practice owner, and his staff worked “under” him [Image: George Marks on iStock]
The term ‘general practice’ no longer covers the breadth of the team to be found in the typical medical centre, writes Lucy O’Hagan
Language matters, because the way we use words represents how we see our world.
When I was a medical student, language defaulted to male so that a
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