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
GP at the gate to death by choice
Wednesday 27 April 2022, 02:45 AM

GPs who have completed the online training programme may be prepared to offer assisted dying to their own patients, due to the long relationship they have built up [doble-d on iStock]
GPs are finding it rewarding to work with patients who seek assistance in dying, Kristin Good tells reporter Fiona Cassie
If we didn’t wrap the support around the practitioners, this would be a very isolating sort of medicine
A small but growing number of GPs is trai, Kristin Good clinical lead at HML_2021, Specialist GP Kristin Good, registrar of the Assisted Dying Service [Image: NZD]
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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