Supporting palliative care patients and carers in rural and remote areas

Training carers in symptom management for palliative care patients can help them to achieve their goal to be cared for and die at home,...

An opportunity for better aged care

The past 2 months have laid bare fundamental problems in Australia’s residential aged care facilities as COVID-19 ripped through more than 100 Melbourne nursing...

Digoxin’s involvement in infamous murder case

How digoxin’s narrow safety margin made it the perfect weapon in one of the most prolific hospital killing sprees in history. In December 2003, Charles...

Bumetanide for Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting up to 70% of all people with dementia.1 In the early stages, symptoms can...

‘Don’t you know who I am?’: Why patient identification is so...

When we think patient safety, pharmacists’ minds jump to drug interactions, adverse events or toxic doses. But incorrect patient identification can have equal capacity...