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Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope discusses poisonings in young children
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6. KidsHealth. Button Battery Dangers For Children. 14 November 2022. https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/button-battery-dangers-children
7. Kids Health. Magnet Dangers For Children. 3 May 2023. https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/magnet-dangers-children
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
