Beyond the pills: navigating depression and antidepressant use for older adults

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Pruritus in adult palliative care patients

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Navigating medicines management in the peri-procedural period

Pharmacists play a key role in clarifying peri-procedural instructions, supporting safe temporary cessation and medication recommencement.

Managing pain and fever associated with childhood vaccination

References  Siegrist CA. Vaccine Immunology. In: Plotkin SA, et al, eds. Plotkin's Vaccines. 7th edn. Elsevier; 2018. p. 16–34.e7.  Australian Technical Advisory Group on...

What doesn’t kill you doesn’t make you stronger

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