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
Health workers lost, stolen or strayed
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Health workers lost, stolen or strayed
Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:39 PM

Who stole our health workforce?
Missing GPs and a health system rife with specialist vacancies and withering workforces. Editor Barbara Fountain plays the trailer for this edition’s workforce disaster show
“The Missing” seemed a fitting title for a cover story on the latest instalment of workforce figures from the RNZCGP.
The sense of foreboding atte
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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