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
A time of reckoning: Tribunal findings of failings in health can’t be ignored
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A time of reckoning: Tribunal findings of failings in health can’t be ignored
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 03:16 PM

The message from Māoridom gathered force in 2019, and the gavel dropped on the health system: guilty of producing inequalities of outcome for Māori and doing little to remedy them. Virginia McMillan reports
Waitangi Tribunal findings that primary healthcare funding arrangements are anti-equity, and Māori rights have been breached, are not going to go aw
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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