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
Let’s choose our words more carefully
Wednesday 1 September 2021, 01:55 AM

Māori birth tools – Mātauranga spans Māori knowledge, culture, values and world view
University of Auckland senior lecturer Emily Parke and Dan Hikuroa make a call for people to choose their words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science, following a controversy ignited by a letter to the Listener signed by seven University of Auckland professors and claiming indigenous knowledge can advance scientific knowledge but is not itself science
Our point, instead, is that questions like “what is science?” or “is mātauranga science?” could be asking about any number of different ideas
Res, Twitter Corballis, Michael Corbellis mentioned in a tweet on 3 August by Newshub, defending his stance
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