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A meaningful professional apology regarding patient care should not reveal any resentment the doctor may have about having to make it, or insincerity about the issues, says Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
