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
Reform and bust
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Reform and bust
Wednesday 12 May 2021, 01:01 PM

Health reform is not for the faint hearted nor for those prone to motion sickness. By April 1993, then prime minister Jim Bolger was bringing his number one fix-it man Bill Birch to tackle the reforms unleased by Simon Upton just two years after they were
Health reform is not for the faint hearted nor for those prone to motion sickness. By April 1993, then prime minister Jim Bolger was bringing his number one fix-it man Bill Birch to tackle the reforms unleased by Simon Upton just two years after they were kicked off [cartoon from New Zealand Doctor archive, 29 April 1993, cartoonist Anthony Ellison].
No matter how innovative, caring, dedicated and heartfelt your efforts, you were not going to make sufficient impact
It truly was a race against
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