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
Interim report on system: What the reviewers said
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 04:00 AM

Heather Simpson and fellow reviewers of the health and disability system say mātauranga Māori and rights under the Treaty of Waitangi must be fully implemented
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
The health system can’t keep going in its present form, based largely on a Western medical model – it won’t achieve equitable outcomes.
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Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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