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
GP as general factotum: Working in an island practice a back-in-time experience
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GP as general factotum: Working in an island practice a back-in-time experience
Friday 16 February 2024, 10:37 AM

Not everyone living on picturesque Waiheke Island is a vintner or oligarch [Image: Look Up Look Down Photography on Unsplash]
Orna McGinn gets to see behind the tourism images of island life and finds an off-the-grid underbelly, along with severe practice under-resourcing
I am rheumatologist, liver specialist, renal ‘medicine man’, neurologist, gender-affirmingtherapy provider, cardiologist and concierge
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