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In 1982, Maori studies professor Mason Durie developed the Māori Health Model Te Whare Tapa Wa. The model has been used to project important Māori health values, linking psychological wellbeing to physical and environmental wellbeing and supports. In this article, Māori Pharmacists' Association members Jo Hikaka and Kevin Pewhairangi discuss the nature of this model and its relevance to your mahi (work) in pharmacy.
1. Nikora L. W, Hodgetts D, Carlson T, et al. Māori and Medications: What happens when the pills go home? AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 2011;,7(2): 87–99.
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
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