Training health professionals in smoking cessation (Cochrane Review)
posted by Research Admin on 17 May 2012
Training programmes are used to encourage health professionals to ask their patients if they smoke, and then offer advice to...
Delivery and capacity planning at Waikato Hospital
posted by Research Admin on 11 May 2012
A Waikato Hospital project looking at delivery and capacity planning within the hospital, has been deemed so effective, it has...
Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people (Cochrane Review)
posted by Research Admin on 17 May 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Susan M. Patterson, Carmel Hughes, Ngaire M. Kerse, Chris R. Cardwell, Marie C. Bradley.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD008165. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008165.pub2.
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