Education

If an under-16-year-old wants her dispensed medications kept secret, is the pharmacist still obliged to share details with her parent who pays the bill? Auckland pharmacy lecturer
Sanya Ram looks at the legislation 

Pharmacy staff are well versed in dealing with customers’ embarrassing issues, from ponging pits to bad breath and spotty skin. They are required to walk the line between tactful behaviour and getting to the heart of the matter. Darshana Kanjee, pharmacist at Life Pharmacy Dunedin, discusses her approach to unwanted facial hair in women

Expansion is the name of the game for pharmacy services, and an Auckland study is now assessing the value of introducing dietitian consults for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease

Otago pharmacy educator David Woods has recently returned from Lithuania, where he did his bit to shape the clinical pharmacy skills of that country’s next generation of pharmacists

Auckland University’s Trudi Aspden and Lynne Petersen have won best oral presentation at the Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference in Brisbane

Pharmacists from all over the world have been sharing ideas, experiences and interest areas at the Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference in Brisbane

The 12th International Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference begins in Brisbane tomorrow

For the otherwise well adult who does not need antibiotics for their cold and (possibly) flu symptoms, what advice can you reasonably offer beyond hot lemon and a pain reliever?

Hee Seung Lee, the owner of four Auckland pharmacies, chats to Pharmacy Today about the types of coughs people present with at her pharmacies