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
Fear and fallibility: Stories of medicine as GPs and patients live and breathe it
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Fear and fallibility: Stories of medicine as GPs and patients live and breathe it
Wednesday 12 August 2020, 01:00 AM

Greg Judkins aims to make his fictional doctors credible and fallible
INTERVIEW
Author and GP Greg Judkins stopped en route to his family’s Sandspit bach – where much of his writing is done – for an interview with editor Barbara Fountain
There’s a rhythm in the life of general practice that lends itself to storytelling. Auckland GP and writer Greg Judkins finds tapping into that rhythm
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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