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MIKE BRINGS IN his six-year-old daughter, Emilie, and asks for something for her rash. He tells you they are staying at a campground by the sea and the rash started soon after she got back to the tent after swimming. In the consultation room, he shows you how it looks under her T-shirt, and you can see it is confined to the area of skin where her togs were.
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...
