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Clinical Communiqué Episode #4: Discharge from hospital and clinical handover.

This podcast of the Clinical Communiqué features the important issue of clinical handover of patients to primary care.

We present two cases investigated by the coroner’s court because of medication errors a common and dangerous aspect of aged care.

This podcast, Dr Chelsea Baird describes several case reports of COVID19 in older persons highlighting the challenges of management.

In this edition, Dr Daniel Grose examines the coroner’s inquest into the death of Melanie Tregonning.

Welcome to our fourth and final edition of the Clinical Communiqué, for 2020, a year like no other.

The content of the podcast is based on our October 2020 print edition which was with Dr Samantha Walker as guest editor.

The investigations of two deaths related to medications and medication management highlight the importance of challenging the status quo.

The Communiqués

This podcast presents two cases highlighting the challenges of facilitating and supervising community access for residential clients.

The Communiqués

This podcast presents two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma.

The Communiqués