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
‘Just a GP’ in the ‘lesser specialty’ – really? After all these years?
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‘Just a GP’ in the ‘lesser specialty’ – really? After all these years?
Friday 3 August 2018, 10:06 AM

General practice career progression may be as illusory as the pot of gold
Virginia McMillan considers the status of the GP career, 10 years after a prominent practitioner called it ‘a hole’
We have got to put it out there that we have done extra training, that general practice is a specialty
When Auckland GP Jan White studied medicin, Jan White, NZMA GP Council chair Jan White says “just a GP” is an expression ingrained in a generation of doctors
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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