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Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps asks whether it is reasonable for doctors and nurses to have to advocate for appropriate care for patients in today’s stretched working environment
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
