Steps towards reconciliation and cultural safety
How pharmacists can contribute to reconciliation and healthcare equity by broadening their understanding of cultural safety.
Bitter pills
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: recognition and management
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.
Psychotropic medicines in the spotlight in Aged Care Royal Commission
As interviews for the Aged Care Royal Commission continue, medical experts have voiced concerns about the overuse of psychotropics as medical restraints in aged...
Practice tips to reduce risks of polypharmacy
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...
Quick Q&A with Associate Professor Anthony Byrne
Associate Professor Anthony Byrne, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney thoracic physician and UNSW researcher speaks with AP Editor Jennifer Cooke.
Q: I'm interested if you have...
