Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Māori and Pacific services face extra complexity when recruiting
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Workforce Survey 2022
Māori and Pacific services face extra complexity when recruiting
Friday 14 April 2023, 10:25 AM

K’aute Pasifika Trust chief executive Rachel Karalus says there is only a handful of Pacific GPs in her district, Waikato [Image: Mark Hamilton Photography]
This is part of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa's coverage of the Workforce Survey 2022. The rest will be rolled out online over the next week. Here, Alan Perrott looks behind the RNZCGP’s survey data on ethnic diversity among GPs
The leadership has to change the commentary: Kiki Maoate
DIVERSITY
Efforts to boost the number of Māori and Pacific GPs are not helped by the , Comparison of ethnicity of respondents and that of the New Zealand population graph, Likelihood of recommending general practice as a career graph
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