How pharmacists can support patients with arthritis
Arthritis Australia has launched a National Strategic Action Plan which resolves to prevent arthritis, invest in research, and improve treatment and support for people...
How culturally safe is your pharmacy?
This National Reconciliation Week (27 May–3 June), PSA Senior Pharmacist Megan Tremlett encourages pharmacists to change their perspective on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to improve end-of-life care.
Choosing wisely: Complementary medicines
As the saying goes, ‘You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em.’
Complementary medicines may also be called ‘traditional’...
Fostering cultural safety
There are a few simple techniques that can go a long way toward making transgender and gender-diverse patients, as well as all LGBTQIA+ people, feel welcome and respected.
Choosing wisely: Homeopathy
We don’t see many pharmacists selling magical crystals. For the same reasons, pharmacists should not sell homeopathic products.
Homeopathy is a form of complementary...
A bitter pill to beat malaria
Quinine’s use in treating malaria is linked to the expansion of European colonisation over the last 400 years.
Quinine is derived from the bark of...













