Australian Pharmacist

How pharmacists can contribute to reconciliation and healthcare equity by broadening their understanding of cultural safety.

With three deaths a day involving opioid use, Thea Cowie explores what role pharmacists can play in reducing the toll and ensuring the safe use of opioids.

Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. It is a medical emergency which, if left untreated, progresses to septic shock, multi-organ failure and death.

As interviews for the Aged Care Royal Commission continue, medical experts have voiced concerns about the overuse of psychotropics as medical restraints in aged...

According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, it is estimated that in 2019, breast cancer will be the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Pharmacists have a significant role to play in raising awareness and supporting people living with the condition.

In a world of information overload, how can pharmacists prevent patients from falling into a medicine-induced downward spiral? Every day Australians swallow millions of...