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
Don’t give up the fight: The Northland DHB boss has not forgotten his GP past
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Don’t give up the fight: The Northland DHB boss has not forgotten his GP past
Friday 29 January 2021, 09:00 AM

Nick Chamberlain began his GP career thinking it would be his forever job, but soon looked in new directions
Alan Perrott finds out what motivates a perennially positive former GP who, as a DHB boss, has never taken his eye off primary care
Chamberlain in short, 1990: Nick Chamberlain enters the GP training scheme and before the end of the year had purchased Tim Buckley’s Whangārei practice.
1998: He contra
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