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
Dear Mum, how about these for rural health shenanigans?
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Dear Mum, how about these for rural health shenanigans?
Friday 11 August 2023, 03:02 PM

On-farm and rural village life can be enlightening for medical students [Image: NZD]
Jim Vause’s take on rural medical training in Tasman district, where defibrillators, dissection, decision-making and drink all come into play
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