This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Primary care about helping people, not just making money
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 02:20 PM
The Health Media advertising and business manager Rhonda Jackson and practice nurse Pauline Fitzgerald
PRACTICE NURSE OF THE YEAR
This award recognises the exemplary work of a practice nurse where they have made an outstanding individual contribution to patient care in their practice. They will have expended considerable effort, imagination, leadership and innovation to address practice and patient-level issues
WINNER
PAULINE FITZGERALD
Pauline Fitzgerald’s advocacy for her patients extends far beyond the clinic walls.
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