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
Goodfellow Gems #58
Goodfellow Gems #58
Wednesday 21 June 2017, 12:49 PM
10 helpful ideas when working with transgender or gender non-conforming patients
• Gender is self-determined.1
• Not all trans people want to move from one end of the gender spectrum to the other.1
• Each transgender per
References
1. Ker A. Taking transgender care seriously. Atlas (a medical literary journal) 2016;1:42-45. http://www.atlasliteraryjournal.org/taking-transgender-healthcare-seriously-1-1
2. Colton Meier et al The Effects of Hormonal Gender Affirmation Treatment on Mental Health in Female-to-Male Transsexuals Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health 2011. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19359705.2011.581195
3. Doctors are failing to help people with gender dysphoria BMJ 2016. http://search.proquest.com/openview/edba3e082ac91d49a042e393ff06da74/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2043523