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
Employee health privacy in a COVID-19 world
Wednesday 25 March 2020, 02:30 AM

A realistic approach is needed over the balance between practice staff members’ right to privacy and ensuring fellow frontline staff’s health and safety in a COVID-19 outbreak
PRIVACY MATTERS
Communications advisor Charles Mabbett from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner gives some common-sense advice on employees’ health privacy during a COVID-19 outbreak
Even though the disease hasn’t yet got going in New Zealand, the impact of the coronavirus is being keenly felt here and discussed widely.
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Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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